Whoa... so, the last couple weeks have been really something. With my mom having a new almost full time job at Costco, and it almost perfectly coinciding in timing with me starting to work for the cleaning agency again, you could say things have been a bit...hectic.
For instance, I'm not sure what day it is. ;)
Last week I babysat Rory on Monday, all three boys on Tuesday with John, all the boys Wednesday without John (i guess I have to let him work too, sadly), cleaned 6 hours on Thursday and then picked up my brother at midnight at the airport, cleaned 6 more hours on Friday, came home and watched the kids while mom worked, crashed, woke up and went shopping with my mom and siblings at a craft fair, spent the day with the family and then headed out to Florence to babysit overnight. Sunday morning I drove home, got ready and picked up my little brother to go to Three Forks, 3 hours to my amazing boyfriend where I spent an hour before leaving Isaac there and bringing Joey home with me...
Monday at 6:45 we were off to the bus station to send Joseph home for Thanksgiving and home again by 7:20 just as the first of the toddlers was getting dropped off. All day with my boys, getting my new license, meeting LuJuana to swap cleaning materials, realizing I had almost ran my car out of oil again, taking my sis in law and niece grocery shopping, getting all the supplies so my brilliant, thoughtful boyfriend can teach me how to change my oil when he gets back from stupid eastern Montana, and then heading BACK out to Florence to babysit overnight again. Seriously. And that's not all ;).
The parents were late getting back this morning, by an hour, so I was late picking up Fischer from my cousins, and the mom's were already at the house with the other two by the time I made it into town.
Since then, we have been drinking lots of coffee, eating cheerios and watching Garfield. I like busy, but I think I forget where the thin line is between busy and overload ;).
Thankfully, it's almost Wednesday (I think?), which is my last work day till next week, John will be home, and it will be thanksgiving... I hope to do a lot of movie watching while sleeping with my head on my man's shoulder, thankful for so much :).
Such big holiday plans, I know. But right now, nothing sounds better!
A couple other little tidbits- I am thankful that the horrible rattle my car was making was simply a lack of oil, even though it is horrifying that I was that close to negligent stupidity again.
I'm also thankful for John, and his adorable comment when I told him what I did... "Babe, see! You didn't even need my help, you ARE a mechanic after all, you figured it out and fixed it all on your own!".
And that's just a tiny example of how sweet he is to me... Seriously, I don't think anyone has a better or more supportive boyfriend than me. He makes my world 100 times better, daily, in so many ways. I'm very, very blessed.
Anyways, I have again found a deep, intense renewal of my appreciation for busy, busy mothers... I'm always impressed, but times like these... well, I suppose it's self explanatory ;).
Happy couple days before Thanksgiving everyone!!
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