Is there anything BUT random thoughts?

Massive headache today. I had it last night too, but it didn't go away overnight. My eyes just want to close.
I should probably get lunch for the kids. My mom will be here at 12:30 to take Molly to dance class. If I could just get both the babies down for a nap then!! Oh, the possibilities!! The right thing to do would be to play with Maggie...
I have Ida at 4 and if something doesn't change between now and then, I'll be a danger on the road. I'm very frustrated with the whole diet thing. Yes, my pain level is WAY down, but I can't say I'm feeling any more energetic. And I'm not losing weight fast enough. I've been stalled out for almost 2 months now, with no sign of anything changing. I've cheated (mildly) and nothing has happened. I've not cheated and nothing has changed. So why am I sacrificing yummy(er) foods again? I get the no sugar thing - but if eating Ezekiel bread doesn't change anything, why shouldn't I have a sandwich? I just want all this weight gone, already. I'm sick of looking in the mirror and seeing disgustingness.
My kids are all playing (relatively) happily together. They find the strangest things inspirational. It's all because of the popcorn Liam and Lorelei spilled all over the floor yesterday and I never vacuumed up. They're using it for all sorts of things - talking about it, playing with it, eating it. It's like a brand new toy.
It's really cold down here. The TV room stays ok because of the wall heater, but the family and laundry rooms are freezing. I tried to get laundry started yesterday - at least sorted and ready to carry down, but Liam started fussing, so I didn't get very far. I really should get the bedrooms at least delaudrified before tonight.
I think I'm going to pick up Chuck with Janet on Friday afternoon. Which means Molly really needs to get school finished up tomorrow, unless we're just going to accept Saturday school. She's done some stuff this morning, but the kids were up really late last night and I think she's having more trouble than usual focusing. (Not that it had any bearing on her getting 100% on her math tests...) I think we have to plant some seeds for science. After that it's just language arts stuff - which we haven't done any this week. I think she's learning and retaining, it just feels so haphazard to me.
Lorelei is getting cuter every day. She's so bad, but it's so hard to discipline her because she's just so darn cute! She's really smart, too. It will be nice when she's more intelligible. She talks a lot, but you can only catch about 75% of it and at least 1/4 of that is nonsense.
I would kill for a bowl of cereal right now. I'm planning on cheating our weekend away. I'm just not going to think about it. But I'd really like to see a certain number on the scale before I do. I'm not sure it's possible, though, since I can't seem to figure out why I stopped losing. It's just so frustrating!!
The kids kinda slept in this morning. They all missed saying bye to Bob. Maggie was heartbroken. It didn't seem to phase the rest. I had managed to get Lorelei and Liam back to sleep after their initial wake ups and had gone back to bed with Maggie next to me, but Molly opened both their doors (presumably to see if I was in there) and woke them both up. I had the older girls entertaining the younger ones, but Molly was being way to spastic and ruined that as well. She is so unaware sometimes, it's baffling.
I need to buy a cheap calendar for down here. I keep looking at the wall where the other one is (that's still on December). Even if I don't have anything written on it, I can usually remember what's on the one upstairs by looking at the blank one. Weird, I know.
Dawn is coming over twice this week - tonight for Buffy and Friday for AI and kid help, since Bob will be gaming elsewhere.This will be the first season of AI in 2 years that I haven't been pregnant and had a baby in the middle of the season. I loved cuddling the newborns while watching TV. I miss their tiny heads and little noises and the way they smell.
Speaking of which, Liam smells different (i.e. worse) than the girls ever did at this age. His feet stink and his head stinks! Lol! :) I'm kinda used to it, but I'm always afraid other people are going to think I don't bathe him!
I really need to get the show on the road. Lunch and at least dishes today.
ttfn

Random Thoughts

Today is my baby sister's 21st birthday. I remember when she was born. I used to rock her to sleep when she was a baby. I remember her being a toddler and running around with her silkie and her thumb in her mouth. Her favorite movie was The Little Mermaid. I remember her beating up our Dalmatian puppy! :) I can't believe she's 21. It's almost like having one of my kids turn 21.
I didn't go to bed early last night, like I was planning. As usual I got sucked into Star Trek. Before I knew it, it was 1/4 after 12 and I was falling asleep on the sofa. Then Lorelei woke up at 2 and Liam woke up at 3 and I fell asleep while I was in with him and didn't go back to bed until 4 and then Liam was up again sometime before 7.
On the plus side, Molly is doing fairly well with school today. As long as we can get LA done by the end of the week, we'll still be on track. I don't know if I can do this next year. Maggie still won't be in school, but things are going to have to change a lot between now and school registration. Molly doesn't want to go to "real" school and I don't want to force her, but this is really stressful for me. I feel like I'm tethered to the school table all day, despite the fact that Molly is much more independent than most kids her age. I can't imagine how much more time I'll have to spend with Maggie. And who knows if Lorelei and Liam will be napping by then. They'll be 2 1/2 and 3 1/2. Hard to imagine. Lorelei's the kind of kid where you can't really imagine her past where she is. You can't really think around her.
I'm bummed that Lorelei and Liam won't be napping at the same time today. Liam will probably be waking up right after Lorelei goes down. I would love to nap this afternoon! Who knows - sometimes Liam is good and I can lay down on the sofa, but he's been so cranky with his teeth lately - sometimes he's not even happy when I'm holding him! I tried to keep him up, but I really can't do school with Molly when he's awake. I have to do art with the girls when Lorelei is asleep anyway. They love to paint, so at least they'll be happy.
I really need to do laundry. I'm running out of clothes. I have to put buttons on pants as well... I wish we had a single story house. I wish we'd bought the house we first put an offer in on. We withdrew it because the well was under the driveway, but that really wasn't the big deal we thought it was. That house didn't even have a basement. I guess by now I'd be complaining about being cramped. Or, blissfully unaware of how much crap I hadn't accumulated because I try really hard not to outgrow my environment. I haven't looked at houses lately. I looked briefly last night, but didn't see anything. It's just that we have so much stuff now, we can't downsize.
Ok, I think Molly's mostly done with school now. The stuff she doesn't want to do anyway. So, I'm done on the computer for a while.
ttfn!

Just another Monday

It's already one of those days. I woke up tired. Liam is cranky because he's getting teeth in and Molly doesn't want to do school. I just don't feel like fighting today. (On the plus - and rather random - side, the basement is cleaned up and the shelves have been reorganized! :) YAY!) So, the kids are watching movies and it will probably be that way all day.
I really should do laundry and dishes, but that would require actual work and I'm not sure I'm up for that. Maybe I should go to bed REALLY early tonight instead of playing games or watching Star Trek (tNG, of course).
I can't focus today. And I can't make any goals (per my NYResolution), so I guess that's that. ttfn!