Randomness

I should be cleaning up the house right now. But I have a headache and I'm dizzy. This morning I thought it was because I hadn't eaten yet, but I ate and didn't feel any better. I'm doing at least one load of laundry because I have to wash Liam's bedding. His blankies stink so bad!
Molly did really well in school this morning. She only has a few more things to do - art mostly, so she shouldn't complain about that. I'm waiting until Lorelei goes down for a nap (or Liam and Lorelei go down for the night) to have her do it. I wasn't sure she was going to be up for school today, since she spent all weekend with 103 fever. She slept most of the weekend and was really not feeling well at all, but she was fine this morning. Maggie had a fever too, but only for a day. So far the two little ones don't seem to have it at all.
I got the living room the way I want it. For now. Bob and I ordered the kids birthday presents the other night, so I'll have to figure out where they're going to go. For the most part everything already has space. There are just a few things to go in the living room and there's space in the hutch, it's just on top of some other stuff.
Right now there are coats and outerwear all over the hallway. That's the one thing I really hate about having the stuff in the hall - Lorelei can get into it whenever she wants to. And I don't think there's a way to put a door there. It would look bad anyway. I guess I could put up a gate. That would help for part of it anyway. I think there'd be two hooks that she could still reach. I don't have a spare gate, though. The two that I have that you can remove are being used in the basement. And one of them is almost destroyed anyway.
I really need to clean up the family room too, since it has paper strewn all over it - again, thanks to Lorelei. I can't see Liam right now, so he's probably in there eating it. I hate to blame everything on Lorelei all the time, but, seriously, she causes about 85% of the issues we have around here. It's so calm when Bob has her out with him. I can actually get things done and have them stay that way for a little while! (Until she comes home...)
I haven't gone through Christmas pictures either. And I'm pretty sure I completely forgot to do last months teddy picture. The first time in almost 6 years. Sadly enough, out of everything I could be stressed about, that's at least in the top 5.
I have to get the house cleaned up by Wednesday. That's usually my artificial deadline. It's just that, by then, we're in the middle of the week, Dawn comes over and I want to be able to relax, I don't want to have to rush to get things neat by the weekend, which is always my goal, so I don't feel the need to do a ton of stuff then. And this week it'll be New Year's Eve and we have other friends coming over as well. And who wants to start the New Year off with a messy house? Bob has off on Thursday and I like things to be neat when he's home because, whether he admits it or not, he's less stressed out when they are.
It's funny. The days used to drag a bit. Every now and then I still get an afternoon that drags. But, by and large, when I look at the clock, I think, "Wow! How did it get so late so fast?". I prefer it that way, though. I'd rather run out of time than have too much, actually. Even though I really hate being late or not getting things done.
It's hard to believe Christmas is over already. And it's almost 2009! The 2000's just seem sci fi to me. In elementary school we had to write essays about what the 2000s would be like. We'd be all grown up and everything. It just seemed so far away. Not to mention that a lot of the sci fi movies from back in the day took place in our time! Makes me feel ancient. And a bit backwards. Lol.
I'm really trying to work up the motivation to go upstairs and at least get the first floor cleaned up. I just can't. All I want to do it go to sleep. My head feels so heavy and my eyes just want to close.
On a random note, I LOVE the heater that Bob bought for the basement. It's doing a really good job of keeping the basement warm without the fireplace (the motor in the blower broke and it hasn't been fixed yet). It almost feels warmer. Maybe it's just me.
It's back to the grind as far as the diet goes. I cheated, big time, over Christmas week and now I have to get strict again. I maintained my weight for the week, though, so I can't have gone THAT overboard. Guess we'll see if I test for toxins on Wednesday! :)
Liam and Lorelei are getting fussy, so I should finish up.
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