Posts for Thursday, September 25, 2008
Written on Thursday September 25, 2008 at around 10 AM
I am trying to be a better mom to my kids and yesterday was a pretty good start for the most part other than the fact I was racing all over town trying to get everyone and everything done. I took B to school, ran back to our side to drop G off at Mommy's Day Out (MDO) from 9-3 then I ran to the eye doctor then got my cavities filled then grabbed B from school. After we got home he read me a few books and I let him play his DS while I tried to get some work done, then he passed out. I picked G up from MDO then ran to Walmart and I read her 6 books before dinner. After dinner I took the kids outside to burn off energy while I did the yard and patio. It was nice not having any kids to run my errands. I'm going to try and talk The Man into letting me put her there on Wednesdays just so I can try to keep my sanity.
I love my kids but they both can't stop from talking. I'm trying to get my blogging done during the days while B's in school and while they are resting/napping I want to try to work on the other sites we have. They are really great kids and I want to hang with them but I also want to help The Man not have to rely on working for a company. It's just so frustrating because I keep telling G she needs to stop talking so much she says ok then continues right on. What's worse is that most times I know she's talking so she can hear herself talk.
Over the past weekend The Man and I had a conversation about my 5K walks I wanted to do, we agreed that I would only do about five or six instead of the 16 I wanted to do. It has to also do with the cost of two people doing it too plus I think he's mad at me because I'm doing that stuff with him. Technically I'm not because he runs and gets done way before me and I walk so like I said we really aren't doing the same thing. I probably won't even do that many races, I'll probably just do my Undy 5000 and be done. I think I'll be canceling my LA Fitness thing because I did it so we could play racquetball and he doesn't want to and he doesn't use the gym so I don't really want to pay for something I don't use. The gym I really want to go to opens in the next few months so I think I'll wait for that one instead. Plus it's walking distance to the house.
I have been in an odd/depressing mood and I'm trying to get out of it. I think we maybe staying another year and if we do I want to move back to Peoria because there's a pretty good Montessori school there. They are a little more expensive than what I pay now but it does go up to 8th grade. It's a really nice school and I toured it a few years ago when my mind was closed to anything new but now with B going to Montessori, I like to think I know what to look for. The staff has been very helpful and they also have great after school programs like violin, piano, chess and Spanish. They also have family nights where you can have dinner there once a month and watch your kids work, family movie nights and it just seems like a really good mix of people and learning.
Tonight though is going to be fun because there is a potluck at his school and we can mingle with some of the other parents. It's also our small group and I really hope to make it to part of it. I think I'm going to go whether The Man does or not, I'll try and take the kids but not sure how they'll manage with everything else today. I promised B that after his shower and G eats lunch they can watch Speed Racer. Man I'm a super nice mom.
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