Life is just so daily!

Life just keeps going and it doesn't seem to show any signs of being close to slowing down.  We find ourselves working 40+ hours a week, plus the kids extra curriculars, and lets not forget the daily chores that have now been made into weekly chores.  I don't have a clue how I am going to keep up with life, much less all this stuff.

So, something has to change but whatever shall it be?  I don't think i can work less but then again, I'm not going in today at all.  The laundry doesn't do itself and it certainly isn't going to stop.  If I could get Kate to not change her clothes 5 times a day that would greatly help.  And the shoes!  Can someone please just put them away when you take them off?! 

All along I have been thinking that at some point I have to stop and sit down or I will never get a chance at relaxation at all.  The dishes can wait until the morning, folding the laundry can wait until this evening, and as for dinner - Thank God my husband cooks, because if my family relied on me to feed them they would be severly malnourished.  It's not for lack of trying, but making edible meals is not a skill I can seem to develop.  I'm a cereal/sandwich type of mom.  Don't you judge me!

In exchange for this life of absolute chaos, I am lucky to have two beautifully happy children that play their way through life.   At 7 & 10, neither one of my girls have any sense of responsibility.  They act like the world is ending if I ask them to pick up after themselves or get their own glass of water!  I am starting to think that the chaos should end, and therefor I need to learn to delegate and enforce.  Why can't they pick up their shoes?  Seriously!

So, today these things might have to change.  Wait!  As I write this, I hear someone making their own cereal.... could I be so lukcy!? 

Today, I will get to work early and take advantage of the day (and maybe the kids a little since they don't have school) and instead of trying to find something "fun" to do to keep them entertained and smiling; we shall spend a day of trying to get caught up.  All of a sudden tomorrow is here, and I'm not embracing that choas today.  Today is the day we try to mitigate and control it. 

My friend says I need to learn to meditate.  Maybe today would be a good day to try that too.  I will put it on the list....

STOP, EVERYBODY!

I know what I'll do.

I'll just be myself,

my whole self and not you.

I'll be true to myself, that's just what I'll do.

No uncle or aunt can tell me "you can't!"

No mother or pop can tell me "Please stop!"

I'll do what I want to, that's just what I'll do!

-Dr. Seuss

One commercial holiday to another...

Seriously, the Halloween stuff has already been out for months and you can tell that on November 1st, it is going to be like waiving a magic wand and there will suddenly be Santa's and Christmas trees everywhere.  I don't mean to offend as I am sure there will be plenty of menora's and any other winter season religous or otherwise nastalgia around

Either way, none of this is about anything but spending money that we don't have, on things we don't need, only to impress people that we don't really like.  What about Christmas includes sales, and big red socks to hang from a fire place?  I don't recall any stories about Jesus cutting down a tree in celebration of his birthday but maybe I just missed it.

There isn't anything meaningful behind Halloween at all and considering that I have over $6000 of braces in one daughters mouth, and over $1000 in the other ones, I don't see the point in having them walk the neighborhood, asking strangers for candy while teenagers run amuck trying to scare the daylights out of them.  No, I dont' believe it is the devils high holiday, I just believe it is what it is... an excuse spend money we don't have, to pretend we are something else for a night.  All the while consuming mass amounts of sugar and various other crap that does nothing to benefit us. 

It is great for business though isn't it?