Pretty Nice Day

The weather must have heard me complaining lately because today was pretty decent. We didn't have a lot of sun, but it was warm (if windy). It makes an enormous difference in my mood! We have near daylight on the morning commute, too--although we will lose that next week when we return to Daylight Savings Time. In any case, with a light teaching load this week due to ISTEPs and an improved mood today, I still had some energy left at the end of the day. Good for me!

The children have been largely good in the evenings this week. Robin, bless her little first grade heart, has tackled her homework two nights in a row right after school without being asked. Since she did that, we had time to do a little more than usual after dinner. Last night, we played Clue, Jr. Tonight, we all took a walk around a couple of blocks--or rather, Meg and I walked. The children rode their bikes. Since the kids WON'T be going to Muncie this weekend, we will have to dig in to keep everyone on an even keel. Without the "free" time for Meg's coursework and my housework, it gets a little tricky.

Normally, it's all I can do to get dinner together and get the dishes cleaned up on a week day evening. Tonight, I had enough dishes saved up to do two dishwasher loads...and had to do some laundry. Ryan has a field trip tomorrow and needed to have his pre-school t-shirt washed, and Robin was just about out of school britches...and Grandma was just about out of undies! (I'm waiting for the dryer to buzz now.) Thus, I feel pretty good about the extra work accomplished, but I am acutely aware that it is later than I like to be up on a week night, so I will suffer tomorrow!! Three more months...

Now that spring approaches, 'tis time to turn our attention to the yard and patio, both of which are trashed. I'm going to need help, which I'll hire, if I have to. I have promised the children a swing set. Will need someone to put that together. We also need to get rid of a whole lot of stuff on the patio and organize the mini-barn to get more in there. The shrubbery in the yard is damaged. Need an opinion about what to do about that. The kitchen flooring still needs to be replaced and I'd like to get a microwave built in over the stove. So much to do!

I have to stop writing about all of this before I depress myself! Tomorrow is another day!