Lazy? Days of Summer?

There is something very wrong with the above statement. First it is May 29th in Minnesota and we have had nary a spring season for the most part and I am starting to have my doubts that we will see summer! Second the past days/weeks have been everything but lazy. Our lives have been ruled by the calendar and without its existence I surely would be in the wrong place at the wrong time. It feels like the entire family has been in perpetual motion and we are all sleep deprived. All you parents out there know it is bad enough when we ourselves are sleep deprived but then mix in a 9 1/2 year old and an almost 5 year old who are on sleep deficits and you have a recipe for disaster. That would be our house lately. Screaming, crying, stomping, door slamming and melt downs. And that is just Bill and I. (kidding) Bill has had work and little sleep at night, union duties, yard work and painting. I have had work, running class (done as of last week I am sad to say), house work and getting the kids outfitted for summer (shopping isn't always fun folks). The kids have had school, end of year celebrations, dance class, baseball and visiting and choosing a new school for Ryan to attend in the fall.

Here was how my evening went on Tuesday:
Leave work at 5:15 in a panic because I am already running late and the highway resembles a parking lot. Arrive home at about 5:50, grab the mail, take care of the dog, grab a can a pop and I am off (forgot to grab myself any food - something I will regret later). I race to Kim's house to pick up the kids. THANK YOU Kim for having Anna in her dance attire and Ryan all suited up for baseball. Time is now 6:15. Herd the kids into van and race off to dance. Arrive at dance at 6:28 with enough time to get Anna into ballet shoes and ask other moms if they will keep an eye on Anna and help her change to tap shoes while I run Ryan across town to a 7:00 ball game. Ryan and I race across town to ball field and arrive in plenty of time to . . . circle the parking lot for 10 minutes waiting for a parking spot to open up. Of course his game is at the furthest field from the parking lot. We scurry to the ball field with a few minutes to spare and I let the coach know that I have to pick up my daughter from dance so will be back in a bit. Back to my car I go. Now it it important to note that I am limping these days thanks to my pesky IT Band problems so I am not moving as fast as I would like and of course I am still in my work clothes and heels!

I race back across town to pick up Anna and arrive at 7:12 with 3 minutes to spare. Then I realize I have left her picture order and money in the car so I race back down to the car (three floors folks) and grab the form and money. I get back to her classroom just as the girls are emerging. Having forgot Anna's clothes in the car we opt to have her change there (vans are so great for things like this and tinted windows help). Then we race back across town to watch Ryan's game. Ryan tells me he has been playing well and scored two runs already. I can't wait to see him bat. Sadly he strikes out his next two times at bat and then the game is over. :-( So much for being super mom. By now it is 8:30 and I realize that I feel like I could fall over. A quick assessment reminds me I haven't eaten anything since lunch time. Duh!

Home we go. I inhale something for dinner (I don't even remember what but I think it was leftover chicken and some potatoes) and the kids have snack. The kids have a bath and I am convinced when I drain the tub that we have brought home half of the ball field and playground at Kerber Field where Ryan played. Yuck! Off to bed the kids go and I promptly fall asleep in Anna's bed waking after 11:00 only to drag myself off to my bed.

Now next Tuesday night will get even more interesting. Ryan has ball at 5:30 and Anna dance at 6:30. I suspect I will be doing the same loop only backwards this time! See this is why calendars are a good thing. Oh and also keeping food in one's vehicle. :-)