OMG, we went to the mountains this weekend and skied in a lot of fresh powder. It was tiring! But fun. But going to the mountains always makes the start of the week even more hectic. And next weekend is daylight savings, which adds another level of craziness. Yikes. Since as I mentioned, my family is not made up of morning people. And I get up earrrrrrrllllllly to go swimming.
I swam 4 days last week! Very proud of myself. I finally moved up to lane 4 and am quite happy there. I'm probably still among the faster in the lane, which I'm happy with. This morning was a sprint day, and I swam around 2500 yards. Feeling good about it! I'd like to try to start working in some running and cycling, too, but I'm not totally sure how.
This morning I got up, went to swimming, came home and showered, and finished packing lunches for the kids. I've started pre-packing as much as I can in the evening, which helps a lot. Then I got the kids up and got them breakfast, got myself breakfast, put away the clean dishes, picked up toys, and packed backpacks.
After the twins were off to school, I did a few more chores, like scanning and emailing our house cleaning receipt to get reimbursed. Then I got Gecko up, cuddled for a bit, fed him breakfast, got him dressed, played a few games of Hungry Hippos, and then he was off to school (more than a half hour late, uggghhhh). I came home and started chores - chopped peppers, cleaned up the kitchen, started laundry, put away the folded laundry, folded and put away the clean sheets, scheduled the dentist for August, renewed library books, paid a bill, brushed my teeth and heard the garbage truck and suddenly remembered it was trash day and ran out to get the trash cans to the curb just as the recycling truck pulled up (yikes!).
Now I'm about to: clean the litter boxes, transfer the laundry to the dryer, stop by the library to drop off books that are due, bike to pick up Gecko and bring him home, have leftovers for lunch, clean up lunch dishes, play for a bit, hopefully prep chicken for dinner, pack up and take Gecko to violin, then come back to pick up Tadpole and Turtle. Turtle goes to a friend's for a playdate while Tadpole goes to ballet. Not sure what Gecko will do, I'm sorta hoping he falls asleep in the car so I get an extra half hour of time, otherwise maybe we'll go to the park. Then pick up Tadpole, pick up Turtle, and get home around 5-5:15 pm. Finish prepping dinner if I haven't already, get bread out of the freezer, set the table, get the kids to do homework and/or music before dinner. Dinner at 6:30, then I have to clear the table and wash the dishes (still working on getting the family to pitch in with all of that), and hopefully at that point we'll watch some TV before bedtime.
Luckily Tuesdays are less crazy, but in April we're adding swimming to the afternoon schedule and man, it's going to be a busy 8 weeks. Not sure I'm looking forward to that! Well, I just heard the washing machine stop, so time to get back to chores.
Monday, March 4, 2019
Mondays
Mondays are hard for all of us!
Tadpole just cannot get out of bed on Mondays (or most other school days). Turtle pops up, gets dressed immediately, and usually eats breakfast pretty quickly. Now that it's winter, he likes to sit in front of the heater vent, so prying him away from there to brush his teeth can be difficult. But then he's almost ready to go.
Tadpole, on the other hand, wanders out around 7:45 at the earliest, in her pajamas, with her hair often looking like a rat's nest. She moves so slowly that around 8:10, I'm frantically trying to get her to finish getting ready so she can leave for school. She and Turtle bike with friends who live near us, which is a great arrangement!
This morning, I went swimming! I swam about 2000 yards, but it was an IM day, which is my least favorite. I am mostly swimming in lane 3 at the 6am practice, but I need to try moving to lane 4 more often. I just don't push myself hard enough, so it's not a good enough workout. I'm hoping to go at least twice more this week. Starting with tomorrow.
Gecko is also a sleeper-inner. Man, he's a night owl just like the others. Which is hard when school calls. I'm starting to be thankful that this fall he'll be in an afternoon preschool class, even if it's going to seriously complicate our afternoon schedule.
OK, time to start the day!
Tadpole just cannot get out of bed on Mondays (or most other school days). Turtle pops up, gets dressed immediately, and usually eats breakfast pretty quickly. Now that it's winter, he likes to sit in front of the heater vent, so prying him away from there to brush his teeth can be difficult. But then he's almost ready to go.
Tadpole, on the other hand, wanders out around 7:45 at the earliest, in her pajamas, with her hair often looking like a rat's nest. She moves so slowly that around 8:10, I'm frantically trying to get her to finish getting ready so she can leave for school. She and Turtle bike with friends who live near us, which is a great arrangement!
This morning, I went swimming! I swam about 2000 yards, but it was an IM day, which is my least favorite. I am mostly swimming in lane 3 at the 6am practice, but I need to try moving to lane 4 more often. I just don't push myself hard enough, so it's not a good enough workout. I'm hoping to go at least twice more this week. Starting with tomorrow.
Gecko is also a sleeper-inner. Man, he's a night owl just like the others. Which is hard when school calls. I'm starting to be thankful that this fall he'll be in an afternoon preschool class, even if it's going to seriously complicate our afternoon schedule.
OK, time to start the day!
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