Another Monday

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.