I have just spent the last 34 minutes surfing other people's blogs instead of working on my taxes. I have had so many things going on lately that I didn't know what was happening next without looking at my planner. We have been running from track practice to play practice, from little girl dance classes to big girl dance team performances, from church, scouts, handchime choir, recorder consort, 3rd Grade honor choir, Cadettes, looking for Prom dresses, purchasing Prom accessories, racing from here to there, I haven't had a chance to update my blog.
Jonathan performed his play -- Suessical with the Harrisonville Middle School. It was wonderful. We had weather forecasts of one foot of snow, the play was cancelled, no snow materialized, so the play was rescheduled for Monday.
Lon attended the Midwest Dental Conference. We hosted an old Dental School classmate at our home during the Conference, because she was a woman, that meant I had to clean the entire house, not just the room and bath she would be using. We loved having her, but extra mental stress because I let the kids rooms slide into messyville more than I should.
Being in the Stake Primary Presidency we have several deadlines and major activities that fell during this period. I am so glad most are finished. I have one more assignment this Saturday -- Stake Leadership Meeting. We should be done for a month or more after this is completed.
My Mom is having surgery tomorrow on her arm and hand. This should lay her up for a few weeks, right before taxes, and I am not finished. I will be working on them at the Surgery Waiting Room tomorrow. I think I will be there for several hours. Hopefully I will use my time more wisely than today.
I went to drop off Bella for dancing this morning. Usually I just shove her in the door and run away with Scarlett for one hour each Wednesday. I love this hour of doing whatever. Well, as I was leaving Bella, they told me it was the day we get to watch our children dance. Okay, I'm a bad Mom, I actually thought about just leaving her and going on about my business, but peer pressure made me stay and I am glad I did. She got to be line leader and was so cute to watch dance. They are preparing for Recital the first week of June. Her first recital.
The Film Class at the High School will be filming the "Mock Accident" at our house for the next couple of Saturdays. I won't even be here. That is stress when you know that a bunch of teenagers, plus my nine children and husband will be inhabiting my home, and people will be filming what it looks like without me being here. Scarey. I think that Betsy will be the "fake dead" person this year. They bring in the paramedics, police and talk about being safe, etc.
Next Saturday, I get to take Susanna to the Missouri State Honor Choir for 3rd, 4th and 5th Graders in Warrensburg all day. It is a great honor to be chosen to be in the Choir, but it is the time is involved. I would usually be so excited to be able to leave the house and have some "alone" time, but those teenagers will be in my house filming their "mock accident" without me. Susanna wants me to take her instead of Lon. When Jonathan and Connor both made this choir, one time I went and the other times, I think Lon was the lucky fella to sit in an auditorium for six hours. Not that I am not proud, just stingy with my time.
What else, I guess I could complain about not having the clothes folded, sock sorted, etc. I do have dinner cooking and I have washed the clothes, I just don't seem to get them folded or put away lately. Sometimes I am the laundry queen, just not lately.
The only thing that I have been TOTALLY consistent in is my exercise. I SO don't want to be OLD and FAT. I have been doing an exercise DVD each morning at 5:30 when I get the big girls up to go to Seminary, which they hate. Then Lon and I get the other six kids up and ready and then leave for a 2.5 mile walk. Some days, when we are waiting to pick up a kid at dance around 8:30 pm, we do a double and walk another 2 miles. That is the only thing that I have been doing with diligence. Rush back in to finish the getting ready and take Susanna to her early morning choir practice, and get Jonathan, Connor and Amy on the bus.
In the middle of this Scarlett is continually crying, Bella whining, etc.
This is what I am lost in the middle of right now. Someday, I will climb out of my hole and be more grateful for my blessed life. I can logically see that I am so blessed, but the selfish me sees the areas in which I am not blessed.
Forgive me, I will be normal after this tax stress is off my back.
By the way, tomorrow my oldest child turns 20 years old. That is a milestone. He has been on his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for over nine months. He is in La Puente, California, east of Los Angeles for the past few months.
I hope he has a terrific birthday serving the Lord.
Maybe someday I will be FOUND in motherhood. I really do love being a mother, wouldn't trade a minute of any of it. Some parts of it is just easier than others.
I will put some pictures up of the lovely children I have given birth to in the next few weeks. In the meantime, look at my facebook and see pictures of the big girls in their Prom finery.
Love to everyone from Harrisonville.
