This Is The Year

Day 3 Dear Diary, 10 a.m.-ish : I think today is going to be better. My hint of a sore throat last night never developed into anything, and woke up feeling fine. Had a little bit of a rocky start trying to get Monkey to take her medicine, but we finally got it down. And she quit her wailing about 10 minutes after that, when she realized none of us were paying attention to her. Going to fix some eggs for the girls and then get busy, busy, busy. I have a lot of work to do to make up for the lack of accomplishment the past 2 days . PLUS, Mom invited us over for dinner and to watch SYTYCD (of course, she'll have to come pick us up for us to do that), so I need to get lots accomplished before then! 1 p.m. : Not sure what happened to my motivation, but so far I have managed to do the breakfast dishes. And to chat online with a fellow soccer fan about the World Cup. 5 p.m. : Getting the girls ready to head out to moms. I really don't know where my day or my energy went. I did get a ...

The night before: Dear Diary, I am so glad to have this week over! It has been insane - I wasn't sure I would make it through. But it's over and the stress is gone. Tomorrow my guys leave for scout camp and it will be just the girls and I. We won't have a car, but that's okay. Cowgirl is mostly over her strep throat and we have lots of cleaning and organizing projects and yard work to get done. Daddy will be so surprised with what good shape the place is in after being gone for 5 1/2 days! Feeling really motivated! Day 1: Dear Diary, Got up at 6 a.m . to get Hubby and Bookworm out the door. Went back to bed because I was too tired from staying up all night packing to start on the projects for the day. As well as being up dealing with 2 sick little girls. Looks like Cowgirl has passed her strep on to her sisters. 11 a.m. Finally got in gear doing dishes and cleaning the kitchen. Girls are complaining of sore throats but otherwise in good spirits. They are helping with l...