Truth be told, I haven't been feeling very successful as of late. There is so much that I want to do that I simply don't have the time or energy to accomplish, but since this is small successes, and not amazing successes, I know I can list at least a few things.
1. My husband has been having to spend a lot of time in the office the past couple of weeks. This week he has had to go into the office every day this week. Tomorrow he gets to work from home. So the fact that I'm about five or six hours away from him being home for the next three days and my sanity is mostly in tact is something I'd call a success. Don't ask me how I'm getting through next week, or the three weeks after our much needed vacation. I don't want to think about it so you probably don't want to either. Let's just say I've been spoiled the past two years with a husband who is home five days a week.
2. Laundry feels like it's been the bane of my existence lately. No matter how much of it I do, it is never finished. I've had a few good days where I managed to get 3-4 loads done per day. It's not folded, but it's clean. You just have to go digging though the pile of clean laundry in the living room if you need something. Or, if you're like me, you'll just scrounge around your closet and find something, anything that works. But seriously, I'm probably going to have to go digging for clothes by tomorrow morning.
3. Ellie's teacher emailed me on Monday to ask me to plan the class Halloween party. Yes, that's right, just 10 days notice. Awesome! I sat on it for two days before contacting the parents. These awesome people signed up for all of the needed supplies in under 8 hours. I can call the Halloween party planning done.
4. I have started to put some thought into what should be packed for our upcoming Disney World trip. Thinking about it is just as good as important as actually packing, right? What I haven't done is tried on any of the clothes I think I might take with me. I suppose I should do that, but then I might possibly freak out if certain articles of clothes don't fit. Please, God, let it be chilly enough to wear jeans in Florida in early November otherwise I know you know I'll cry.
5. The girls and I went to confession last night. It's the first time in many, many months that we haven't had to stand in a long line. I don't want to think about how many hours I've stood in line for confession since mid-May. Standing in line for confession with two or three children feels like the perfect penance for someone who is impatient.
6. I went to the grocery store this week for the first time in I don't know how long. Several weeks at least. Of course, I get there and they don't have the #1 item on my list: romano cheese. Fortunately, my wonderful husband, who has been getting up at 5:30AM and working long hours and then commuting home in rush hour traffic, took pity on me and stopped at another grocery store on the way home and got several containers of romano cheese. My hero!
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