Because I need company today

After staying up until almost 4 am last night, I woke up at 7 feeling better than I have in a long time. Go figure. I shall attempt to sleep like a sane person tonight. That means no naps this afternoon and no sitting up in bed after Bob gets home.
I finally got around to stripping the sheets on my bed (gross). I'm washing everything, pillows, blankets. I feel nasty when I sleep.
And I MUST go shopping today. I'm thinking I'll call my mom to stay here with the kids so I can go alone over nap time. No reason why I can't kill two birds with one stone and get some 'me' time in the process. I should order pics from Costco so I can finish that project. Idk why sometimes I'm super motivated to do picture projects and then I won't touch them for months. I guess it's like all my other hobbies. I have ADD where they're concerned.
I'm really looking forward to my post op appt. next week. I have pain in a very specific spot and I want to know why. I thought everything on that side was dealt with. And I really want to know when my next surgery is so I can start planning. I'm a bit anxious about child care.
I'm supposed to do solicitations for Molly's Mayfair as well. Don't know when I'm going to get that done. Maybe Saturday. Maybe I'll take her with me. I hate doing stuff like that.
I finished the book on WWII that I've been reading for the past few weeks. Over 60 MILLION people died in that war - the majority of them civilians. That's just nuts. I can't even fathom that many people. I can't imagine what living in Europe during that time must have been like. I can't imagine that kind of fear.
This morning has gone by rather fast. I'm not sure why some mornings do and some seem to drag on. I decided to let the kids watch TV today. They've been doing fairly well without it, so, since it gives me a break too, I figured a day wouldn't hurt them. I'd still like to do the month without screens in April. My biggest issue is me, actually. Without my laptop. It's almost inconceivable. Sad, but true.
I opened the windows an inch to try to get a bit of a cross breeze going through here. It's about this time that I start feeling completely stifled by the stale household air. It's supposed to snow again tomorrow but it's sunny and warmish today, so I figured I should take advantage of it. I love the smell of damp earth. It's better when it's really warm, but anything is better than bodily recycled air.
I've been thinking a lot lately about word choice. For example, 'damp earth' sounds a lot better than 'wet dirt', though they're essentially the same thing. I love poetic language. It knits words to your heart instead of just presenting an impersonal thought.
***Long pause to do various things***
My son is walking around with a headband in his hair. At least he's not wearing his sisters' pink mary jane's. He likes those too...
I need to buy some make up. After my pink eye episode, I don't want to take any chances. I sort of miss the days when I never wore make up, but I look so much better with it on. *Sigh*
I think I could write continually all day. The problem is, I don't have much of a focus. Most of my thoughts center around work that needs to be done around the house or changes I'd like to make in organization and set up. For instance, I continually dwell on the idea of fencing in the backyard and look forward to the day that it's warm enough to go outside and pick up rocks and reshape the old flower beds where the porch used to be. I also can't wait to pull weeds and plant bulbs at the end of the driveway - my 'waiting for the schoolbus' project.
Hmm... glad I don't live in the New England states. I just saw a news blurb that they're expecting another 30 inches of snow. That's just insane.
It's already almost naptime. Amazing! While I feel a little guilty for sticking the kids in front of the TV and sitting here on the net all morning... it's been kinda nice.
Bob hung bird feeders that the kids made outside the music room window. I've been watching the birds fly back and forth all morning. There are a bunch of them that live in our front porch ceiling. I can only imagine how gross it is in there, but every spring they have babies and they're so well insulated they don't migrate anymore.
I need to learn CAD. Or some other kind of architectural software. Over the years I've designed at least 2 kinda cool houses and I'd like to get them down properly. If I could get down half the things I think about on paper - well, I don't know if anything would change, but it'd be nice for me! :)
Guess I should get the dishes done and bottles made before the current Barney is done. That way I can stick the kids in bed and take a shower right away. I should call Mom too. I'm 32 years old and I still can't live without my mom. What does that say about me??
Our internet is being silly, so before I lose all this I'm going to publish.