Sigh. I should write that in caps. SIGH! Today was the kind of day that was endless, it seemed. I dropped the boys off at school and came home and spent time doing laundry. Josh was home, as I mentioned due to his health issues. My painter was here to finish the room… and it looks FABULOUS! (It’s to dark to take an accurate picture when it is dark out so that will have to wait till morning).
Then… I went to town to watch Tyler’s football game. I lost my breath as this ginormous fellow tackled Tyler and dragged him a bit. Of course, I refrained from running onto the field and tackling this fellow right back. My son looked like a real football dude in his outfit. I was a little taken back at the size of some of these giants my boy was playing against! Wow! What do they eat?
Then I left to pick up my younger crew, drop off my birthday money to the office for safe keeping for the bathroom funds and dealt with the “can we get a snack?” sing song. I had to pay a bill on the other side of town that I am never at… so I did that, then we were off to pick out and finalize the carpet for Sanj’s office and Sammy’s room in the basement. (Did you know they had Berber carpet now that is guaranteed to not run)? Then we stopped at Home Depot to pick up light bulbs we desperately needed and ordered pizza as we made our way to Sammy’s soccer game at 4:45 p.m.
Can I sigh here again? SIGH! Then we stuffed our faces as we watched the TASS Soccer Team do their stuff. Soon we were back into the van and had to stop at National Sports to pick up shin pads for Max and Jordan’s soccer tournament. That wasn’t as quick as I thought as it was hard to find the right size, etc.
As I pay for the sports stuff, I am noticing the sun is already down, it is getting dark outside and I still have to do a few many more things before I can lay myself down for the night. I remember why I love TV at night during the school year… it is because I am too tired to even read. I need to vegetate and numb my brain.
Seven o’clock comes quickly and I am so grateful that my first two are asleep… so 3-4 will come and kiss me goodnight. 5-6 still have a bit of time but they are tired too and I will find them sprawled on my bed… watching hockey and doodling on the laptop. They know if I hear any fighting, they will be off… night night. So this is the best behaved they will be all day. 🙂
I haven’t seen Sanj yet. He was home while we were at the Soccer game, put the furniture back into my office for me and is off to the hockey draft. Sounds like he is working with the NHL, doesn’t it? 🙂
I got a lot done today. I feel good about that. There is still the laundry that didn’t get put away, there is some still in the dryer and washer and then there is the pile that needs to be washed. Oh well, laundry is like pooping… you will always need to go… no matter how many times you go. Laundry… there will ALWAYS be laundry, no matter how often you do it!
The only thing I didn’t get to was the paint store. I had my painter (who is awesome, by the way), paint some red on the accent wall in the family room. Sanj said I did it on purpose… to trick him… as he won’t be able to stand seeing the family room looking like that too long… so he figures he will have to pay to have it done sooner than later. Hum… wish I thought of that! lol
This house is suddenly feeling like home. I can’t wait to get it looking like mine. Maybe that was the problem. I love this house. Yet when we moved in, all the colours were OK, they even went with our stuff, so I didn’t have a reason to paint right away. I guess I just never felt like I had made it my own. I love colour and am not afraid of colour. I guess my very neutral walls were tiring me out! 🙂