Yes, it has been almost two months since I posted to my blog. The family took an amazing trip to California. We celebrated Mother's Day. I have helped out a little with my grandmother, worked, cleaned, arranged activities for the kids...... blah blah.. blah. All the details that make my life, my life. My life is full... very full. A wonderful husband, two healthy intelligent children, parents that live close by as well as other family members. I have a good career and so does my husband. But time is always in short demand. How I choose to spend it everyday is not so simple Work often dictates the tone. From 8 until 6 pm, I am destined to be doing what I have to. The time before and after work is so limited. I sit here exhausted. I power washed our deck ( a good bit of it), dumped, washed and folded three loads of laundry, empty the trash, took out the recycling, emptied and loaded the dishwasher, washed a load of dishes, bought some plants, arranged a bulk pick up for large garbage, took and picked up a child from one of three birthday parties this weekend, fixed or arranged, breakfast, lunch and dinner, made a grocery list, picked up the kitchen and den, checked in on my mother and grandmother, ordered the dairy products and scolded my daughter two or three times. Most of the day, my daughter was with friends or watching a tv on some other room. My husband and son watched a tv in another room or were on the computer. I took my son to the pool while my husband and I were working on the deck so he would not be bored. We didn't even eat together all day. tomorrow, i have to go into my office, grocery shop and run errands for my little boys birthday party. Then a long week at work (even though it is four days). Next weekend, plan for and implement party. Things have to be done. But i know I should have spent time with the family at least part of the day. I hear fireworks. I don't even know who is having a firework display. I love fireworks. I should have a Google alert to advise me. The thing is, i havw not gotten one half of what i wanted to get done this weekend. Yesterday, i ended up getting a little bit done ad then handling "obligations" the rest of the day... social niceties... Had a loverly dinner and then went straight to work to make sure my son had shorts to wear this summer.
The choices are never simple. The weekends we have not worked around the house add up to another long weekend in out future dealing with garage clean up. But tomorrow.... everyone is eating on my deck.... all day. And maybe I will post again to my little blog. And I am buying more candles. An outlet is good. Tine is better.
