Daily Diary

So I spent the morning cleaning up bedrooms. I never plan to do those sorts of bigger projects, they just tend to happen. I went upstairs to gather laundry and ended up spending at least 2 hours picking up and organizing toys, putting laundry away and making beds. Guess which one took the most amount of time? I also finally got around to hanging pictures and calendars, which I'd been promising the girls I'd do since Christmas. For most of the time while I was working the two little ones were jumping on my bed. So, while it's still made up, it's not very neat. Oh well, a lot of gain for a little pain.
Speaking of which, I'm taking about 3 vicodin daily, so it's a nice little stupor I'm in most of the time. I have to admit, though, I wouldn't be able to do anything without it. The dull ache that's in my right side never really goes away, but without it I get sharp pains throughout my abdomen, especially if I'm carrying a kid or something like that. I really, really hope this surgery cures most of my ills. I know I have other issues that cause pain in that general region, but maybe, just maybe, this is most of it.
Liam broke my glasses this morning. While I don't like the idea of having to spend more money, I don't mind getting new ones. I didn't really like those ones and I have a new prescription to use anyway.
I guess it's supposed to snow starting tomorrow afternoon. As long as I get the PTA stuff done at the school and my conference with Molly's teacher, I'll be happy. I should be home by 2 at the latest so Mom won't have to panic driving home. I still need to pick up groceries to make the bread sometime today. Maybe Bob will do it while he's out tonight.
I really need to get on the ball with meal planning. We've been picking at stuff the past two weeks and we're pretty much out. I haven't had much of an appetite lately - I'm not sure why. But it's hard for me to meal plan when I can't think of anything I want to eat! Maybe I'll just get another turkey and put it in the crockpot with some orange marmalade. That was really good last time.
I put the kids down early for naps. They were all cranky at 11:30 so I just plopped them in bed so I could finish cleaning Maggie's room. Liam conked out right away. Lorelei needed a diaper change (and I had to clean her chair - gross!) but then I think she fell asleep. So now it's just Maggie and me at the computers. I should be doing laundry and dishes and picking up more toys and doing finances. Ug. It never ends. But, tonight it a free night, so maybe I'll have energy later. HAHAHAHAHA!
I talk a lot on vicodin.
Today is Molly's birthday. She's 7. I'm not sure what I thought I'd be like when I had a 7 year old, but this is not it. I wonder how my parents feel. Do feelings stay the same? Do you ever really feel old? I mean, there are moments when I realize how far removed I am in age from the way I feel inside. I guess then I 'feel old' - except that it's just a shock, not really a change in perspective because I forget about it and am just as shocked the next time. At the same time, though, I find myself thinking early 20 somethings are immature, so something must have changed.
I think the month of April with be No Screen Month. No TV, computers, cell phones (texting), ect. For the month. See how much yard work we can get done. See how much fighting there is by the end of the month. :) You will have to be paper and pen.
Yay! The dishes are done! WOOT!
Toys are picked up! First floor is vacuumed! WOOT WOOT!!
Time for more vicodin! HURRAY! :) Vacuuming hurts me. Don't know why. It just makes me ache.
Our 24 cans of formula arrived today. At two cans a week we should be set for the next 3 months. I'm really hoping that they'll continue to wean themselves and we'll never have to buy anymore. Liam is ahead of Lorelei in that realm. He hardly ever asks for a bottle during the day - she still does at least twice a day. Anyway - it'd be really nice if we were done with bottles by summer. It'd be even nicer if we were done with diapers by fall.
Still to do: pick up toys in basement, finish up laundry, do finances, finish picture project.
I'm crashing hard, though. I haven't taken another vicodin because I'm afraid if I do I won't be able to stay awake.
Since my last paragraph Molly has come home and I've made the kids dinner. I'm still majorly dragging, but I can see bedtime looming large in the near future, especially since the kids took such early naps. I was thinking - after I scan the financial forms I need I can fill them out in bed on top of my warming blanket. I have a lot of scanning to do, though. And I can't do any of the other stuff in bed. :/
The dryer is beeping...
All the kids have been medicated. The only thing left to do is actually put them in bed. We still have Molly's birthday presents to do as well.
I'm signing off. Too tired to think anymore.