around 1:00 am, because Henry was screaming at me to stop sewing through most of it, which was distracting. But Sophia loved it. That pink fabric is THE softest baby-blanket type fabric I have ever felt.
This week has completely worn me out, and there's one more day! AAK! I have been running literally from one meeting to the next all day at work, which means I have to catch up on email late at night. But I'm also the chair of a committee at my church and on a state policy task force that is in the final stages of preparing some important documents, and the only time I can work on those things is late at night. And then, emergency nap mat covers come along!
Sophia is having a great week though. She is SO happy in Kindergarten, she is making friends and loves her teacher - I just can't even tell you what a huge relief that is! I love her school. LOVE.
I'm going to just add random pictures of Henry eating spaghetti to this post, because they're more interesting than my ramblings. I checked Google Analytics tonight, I have more people reading my blog, but no one is commenting. Hi lurkers! Also, whoever searched for "how do I get my act together" - I'm sorry I don't have the answer. And whoever searched "breastfeeding random kids" - good luck with that.
One thing I'm realizing after three whole days of having a child in school... I totally took for granted how laid back the last five years were. No, I mean not the whole bar exam, out of state surgeries, high stress big law firm job, three babies in four and a half years, kind of laid back... I mean, our lives were mostly dictated by us. Yes, I worked, and I worked a lot of hours, but my exact hours have been set by me. Our schedule was always flexible. And now - wow - I can tell the next (many, many many, I can't even count!) years will be ruled by school!
Sophia gets home at 3:30 and I get home around 5:00, and getting everyone fed and bathed and tooth brushed and read to and pajama'd up and in bed by 7:00 is HARD. But Sophia really still needs 12 hours of sleep, so we've managed so far. I am frightened of what it will be like when there are three kids in school and hours of homework and soccer and ballet and piano and.... Now I know what my dear friend meant when she told me last year "you're in the easy years!"
Yes, it was easier in a lot of ways. But this is REALLY REALLY fun. I can't wait to come home at the end of the day and hear all about Sophia's day. Tonight was Meet the Teacher night as school and I got to hear about some of what the kids are doing right now. So awesome! Tomorrow I have some work to do at the church, so I'm going to leave work a little early to pick Sophia up and do that. And then - WEEKEND! I told Sophia she could stay up a little later Friday night, because she has been missing her sister and wanting some more time at home to just play. We might even play hooky from art class Saturday and just stay at home and have a pajama day.
Notice how I just could not wait for school to start, and now I'm counting down to the weekend??
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