I had an incredibly insanely busy weekend. I’m a single parent and as such, all the to-ing and fro-ing of my kids falls to me. And let me say, they are very busy kids. I was sitting down a little while ago, queuing up the daily positive thoughts for the week and to be honest, I was feeling a little bit sorry for myself. We spent yesterday at a college fair and today, I don’t think I was out of my car for more than 15 minutes at a time. I was mopey and sulky and wondering when I was going to get some time to myself to relax and kick back (and maybe play some Angry Birds).
Then I gave myself the proverbial Gibbs slap to the back of the head (yes I watch way too much NCIS) and I started looking at all the sulky things and turning them around.
Yes, I spent all day yesterday at a college fair with my kids, but hey, that means I have two great, smart kids who are planning for their future. Today, I had to drop my kids at school for a parade, do the grocery shopping, pick up the kids after they parade, drop my daughter at work, come home, go to a wake, come back home, pick my daughter up from work and fix dinner. Oh and somewhere in there, I did laundry.
Sure I had to drive my kids to school to march in a parade, but HEY, my kids belong to one of the largest high school bands east of the Mississippi, and they just came back from marching in the Tournament of Roses Parade. I had to drive my daughter to work, but guess what, she has a job, which is pretty amazing considering how busy she is. Going to a wake was sad, but it made me realize how fortunate I am that my own mother is still alive and major part of my life. Cooking dinner? Yeah, I have to do that every night, but that means we have food to cook and a place in which to cook it. The same for laundry…it has to be done, but that means I have clothes to wear.
So yeah, it was a crazy mad weekend, but when you think about it, it’s all good.
