So yesterday DD#1 left for 3 weeks in Florida with her
father… and even with 3 other kids still running around, the house felt
empty. What’s it going to be like when
she moves on campus next month?
Sunday, the remaining 3 DD’s head off to a week of sleep-away
summer camp. This will be the first
time in 18 YEARS that I will be child-free for more than 48 hours (excluding my
hospitalization 7 years ago but I don’t think that really counts.) You’d think I’d be planning on a week of
vacation days, spa days, and leisurely dinners out with the DH. And you would be wrong. I’m working 3 days (DH is working 4) and I
plan on using my 2 days off to:
·
Clean the basement pantry (we have a ranch-style
house and because of lack of space in the kitchen, I’ve carved a part of our basement
into a second pantry)
·
Clean the lower-level family room/den (time to dispose of
all those toys that no one has touched in 4 years but still refuse to dispose
of on their own because “I might want it later!”)
·
Donate blood (seriously, folks, it takes half an
hour and is so important – check out www.redcross.org)
Saturday will be a hellish nightmare of trips to Walmart,
Target, the sporting goods store, etc., so I can finalize the stuff the kids
need for camp. Oh, and I need to find
time to hit the mall because Sunday is DD#3’s 10th birthday. Naturally I haven’t started shopping yet (don’t
judge!) She got one of her presents
earlier this week, when DH & I took her and her younger sister to see The
Jonas Brothers in concert. Nothing like
seeing an aging boy band with an almost 10 year old and a 7 year old, I’ll tell
you that. Hopefully I can see another
concert soon, so if I’m ever asked “What’s the last concert you saw?”, I can
answer without feeling too embarrassed.
Okay, let’s get back to today though. I’m at work, trying to enjoy the last little
bits of my lunch break, and an email comes across that there’s a going-away
party for a departing employee in the canteen as we speak. And it wouldn’t be my workplace if there wasn’t
some sort of fattening goodies. Today it’s
punch and cake. Enough with the food,
coworkers!!! Or maybe someone can help
me find some will power, so I can resist the siren call of buttercream icing. Seriously, the last thing I need is a huge piece of cake on top of the BLT I had for lunch and the pizza we're having for dinner. Uggh!
Bye for now!
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