Today’s Agenda: Almost back-to-school edition!
Sep 7, 2011 Today's Agenda
So this morning I slept in until after ten while my kids amused themselves. And as happy as I am that they start school again tomorrow, I’ll be a little sad to give up the schedule I’ve had for the last few weeks. First they were at sleepaway camp for a week and I had, basically, no schedule. Then they were in Florida with The Ass and, again, no schedule. The kids and I just got back last night from a trip to visit family in Kansas, and we all slept in each morning until about 9am central time. It was glorious. But now it’s over. Sniff.
Last year I admit I slacked off a bit too much when it came to school mornings. I’d let my husband wake the kids up and get them started, and then I’d finally roll out of bed around 8am, just in time to make sure they’d had some sort of breakfast, were dressed in the right clothes, and had their bags packed. It was fine, but didn’t totally work for me. For one thing, the last couple hours of sleep weren’t good. I would get woken up repeatedly by the sounds of the rest of the house getting ready. Also, my day didn’t really get started until I got back from dropping them off, around 9am. Too much time wasted.
So, this year, I’m going to try to get up at seven every morning. That extra hour should get things running smoother. Starting tomorrow. Again, sniff.
As for today, I have to organize their school supplies. I took a guess based on past years and bought a bunch of supplies a month ago. Whatever I’m still missing I’ll order online. There’s no way I’m going anywhere near an office-type store the first week of school in NYC. I’ve done that before. It’s just not worth it.
Also, I’ll be posting a really excellent podcast from The Blogging Angels. We were lucky enough to snag the fabulous Lisa Belkin as our guest for this episode. In case you don’t know Lisa, she writes The Motherlode blog for the New York Times. It’s one of my absolute favorite columns online.
Other than that, the usual post-trip stuff. Staring at the suitcase and wondering why it isn’t walking itself up the stairs. Using someone else’s toothbrush because mine is still packed. You know, the usual.
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Tags: Blogging Angels, Kids, school, Travel
Today’s Agenda: Liar liar edition
Aug 31, 2011 Today's Agenda
So yesterday I wrote that I was going to start a new walking workout program. Only problem is, I never got around to it. So today I told myself that I wasn’t going to start writing until I could write that I had already started the program. I even tweeted that I was headed to the treadmill. But first I had to find a sports bra. Hmmm. That’s a lot of laundry. I’ll just put in a load. Hey, there’s my favorite sports bra! I’ll just put that in too and wait to exercise until it’s washed and dried. Of course, by that time I was in the middle of a post. Then got buried in emails. And the hours ticked by. And now it’s after 5pm. And I still haven’t done it. And it’s not looking good. I have to leave to get my family from the airport in a couple hours and have too much to do between now and then to spend it on the treadmill.
Urg.
Once I get rolling on something I tend to pick up speed. But to start is just so HARD!
So, uh, tomorrow then?
The rest of today will be spent tidying up the house so that the family won’t know just what a slob I was while they were gone. Then I’ll get to spend some time with my family. And they have a quick turn-around, because the kids and I are going to Kansas on Friday for a big ol’ family reunion. Well, step-family reunion. So I don’t know most of the people who will be there. But I will get to laze around a hotel pool for a few days, and that’s never a bad thing.
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