Super Woman

I started this blog last night, but it morphed into something else. I don't like when that happens.

Now that public school is back in session, my kids stand out a little more. Ok. A lot more. We get the "Is school out today?" I don't know. Is it? "Got your helpers today." Just today, though. When we get home, I'm going to hang them back on the hook in the pantry. Crazy people. The question I get most often is "How do you do it all?" One step at a time. And for the record, there are a ton of things that don't get done at all. You should see my poor, unmopped floors I keep saying I'll get to. Or the boxes that I still need to tape up and get out to the shed and out of my kitchen. Or the closets that still need to be rearranged. Or the myriad of other things that aren't done. But what I usually say is "I'm Super Woman."

Some days it's more about what I can get done as opposed to getting it all done. Yesterday, we only did part of our school work. I needed to take a nap. By "needed", I mean that I sat down on the couch and fell asleep. When I got up, I wasn't in the mood to school. Keep in mind we had activities in the morning and didn't make it back home until after 12. The kids did their math and language arts, we just didn't do our together stuff. Lovely. That means we have to try to get it done today. Which would be great if we didn't need to go to the dance store and get shoes for my kids that they need for class. Tomorrow. Nothing like waiting until the last minute. Then we're headed to my BIL's to see his new house. We don't have any other time to do that. If we wait until we have time, it'll be next month and that's just rude. So when is all that school work going to get done? When it gets done is the best answer I have right now. I'll manage to squeeze it in. 

I need to sit and make a menu for the next two weeks. I had nothing on the menu for last night. I'm not sure why, but that's the way it was. I couldn't figure out what in the world I was going to make for dinner. Hubby picked up Chinese. Some days I just cannot get my stuff together. Yesterday was apparently that day. So sometime between now and Saturday when my current menu "expires", I have to do that and plan the grocery trip. And search all the ads. And print all the coupons. It'll get done.

My house is constantly untidy. Ok, ok, it's a mess. I see things I need to get done. It took me almost a week and a half to get my bathroom cleaned from when I originally said it needed to be done. And it still isn't done. I need to sweep, mop and clean the tub. The shower is mostly clean. There are parts that are hard for me to reach so hubby has to clean those. Good luck with that. My poor kitchen floors. We won't go there. The next part of handing off the chores is the laundry. I need to teach the big girl how to do that. And put laundry baskets in the kids' rooms so I can stop hollerin' about the laundry not being in the hamper. My list gets longer and longer.

And when do I get me time? And when do I get hubby time? I have to be wife/mother/lover/friend/teacher/chef/chauffer/maid/housekeeper/woman and how many more hats can I wear at one time. None, really. Too much hair. I want a big, floppy, straw, beach hat. I can just put the labels around the brim. Hubby must think I've forgotten his name. Hell, half the time I can't remember my own name. So, in answer to the original question, I don't do it all. I do what I can in a day and hope I don't forget the important stuff, like telling my family I love them. I may not be Super Woman, but I am a great gal!