Monday, May 9, 2011

In the past five days...

I have...

-dealt with another severe allergic reaction to food (Hannah)
-driven all three kids to a Dr's appointment in Denver by myself
-gone to a small claims court hearing in yet another chapter of the crook landlord saga
-practiced and prepared two different worship sets, totaling 12 songs
-typed out all 12 songs into powerpoint so we could display the words
-shopped for a birthday present
-led worship
-attended my nephew's first birthday party
-led worship again, this time with a migraine aura that made my left hand numb and my left eye nearly blind
-had a migraine for 8 hours
-got the kids ready for church by myself while Nick led worship
-attempted to open a bottle of water kefir, the cap literally exploded and sent kefir flying THROUGH a kitchen towel, and onto the kitchen ceiling, window, me in my church clothes ready to go out the door, the counter...
-attempted to take a nap while the kids protested
-hung out at my parents' house for Mother's Day
-went out on a date with Nick (yay!)
-ate large amounts of rotisserie chicken at Whole Foods and felt good afterward (yay!)
-looked at books about greenhouses at B&N
-made turkey stock
-made dried kiwi
-cleaned bag balm off the cat...
-wiped up MORE mysteriously spilled water kefir
-cleaned my bathroom except for the floor (which also needs it)
-locked myself in the pantry and had a meltdown while poor Nick tried to encourage me and the kids yelled

And this afternoon? I will be either making myself a kefir strawberry banana smoothie and taking a nap, or playing in my garden during naptime. Whichever I FEEL like I wanna do, gosh!

7 comments:

  1. I think you need to do what you wanna do :) You're a good Mommy. Thank you for being so real in your blog. Love you my friend!!

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  2. I can totally relate to the Mommy can't nap thing. I wouldn't let my mom nap when I was a kid either. Playtime just isn't fun if you can't check in with mom and tell her about it periodically.

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  3. Elizabeth - I figure we can all relate to the "breakdown" moments. ;) Thank you. Love you too!

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  4. (((Sara)))

    We all want our kids to survive childhood, but the real wonder is that of adults surviving parenthood!! Good for you for finding your way to the pantry for a good detox cry! :)

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  5. Baden, you can say that again! :)

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  6. "Cleaned bag balm off the cat"?! I sympathize, but can't help laughing! On days like those, call us to see if Alex is available!

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  7. I'm laughing too. Still. :) He looks like he has a spiked punk hairdo. Poor cat!

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