and on and on and on.....Now that the days are getting busier and slowly getting shorter our activities that have just begun are definitely filling in any free time that we did have.
This week, though it began a day late because Monday was a holiday has been on a continuous roll.
It started off Tuesday, back to school, back to work, and wait no, we didn't drive to school, the kids rode their bikes and I ran pushing J. See we would've normally taken the SUV but due to the fact that Daddy's tires were not only bald on his truck one of the tires had some type of nail stuck in it.
Of course by the time we got around to calling anywhere it was too late to get them done before he went back. He said "I can still drive it" "um, no I don't think so, if that tire blows on the freeway that would not be a good thing!". So, I waved good bye to my trusty transportation for the kids and me and said hello to the bikes, jogging stroller, and my running shoes!
Tuesday morning, we get up and get out. I'm still sore from Sunday but I can do this!! It's not so bad, the air is cool while the sun is bright, I have my trusty ipod on with some upbeat music to push me right along. Okay, yes I did walk a little but hey, it's not like I've been running a lot lately!!
We all make it to school in plenty of time for me to help Jr. put some gel in his hair to spike it after wearing his bike helmet and put Mom Jr.'s hair in a pony as her friends watch on waiting to walk off with her.
D handed over his safety gear after locking up his bike and walked off to class, and little J, well he was just fine eating his dry cereal in a baggie with his water right next to him..
On the way home I run/walk again. We come in and I start to pick up a little and start to get ready to take the truck in for new tires. Ugh, walking up the stairs is starting to get a little hard, the soreness I had before was light but now my knee is hurting and I can feel the burn in my thighs. We get ready and get in the truck that I'm a little hesitant about driving anywhere! I don't like driving on bald tires let alone with a nail stuck in one of them. I strap J in nice and tight and proceed to drive slowly. You know how you would normally get stuck behind that one person who is going maybe 20 mph on a 35 mph....well, that was me.
See, in my mind I thought okay, if I drive slowly and very carefully maybe my chances of it popping are less, I won't hit any bumps on the rode quickly therefore the truck won't hit hard. Besides it's mid morning on a week day in a mostly residential area (thank goodness, the place I was going to wasn't in the middle of the town but more out on the side). People driving around at that time during the week in this area are either elderly or stay at home parents, and the occasional high school or college student.
J and I cautiously pull into the parking lot of the tire shop and I breathe a sigh of relief, whoooh!
Go in, of course they don't have the tires I need on hand, they'd have to be ordered...which would mean more running/bike riding.............now first of all, our weather is heating up the rest of the week, second of all the soreness was stepping up a level, not to mention Squiggly would be joining in on the ride and as light as she is it would definitely not be good for her.
"How did I know you were going to say that?" "Let me call my husband and see what he wants to do"..
Turns out they had some there that were comparable to what he wanted. "We'll take them!".
J and I walk to the Dollar Store to waste some time. We come out spending
$8.00 on 2 Dora bowls, 3 boxes a character sandwich baggies, 1 box of snack baggies, a Diet Dr. Pepper for me, and a fire fighter hat for J. "Mama I need dat hat cause when I gow up I gonna be a fiwe fighter" "Okay, which one, the red one or yellow?" "mmmm, I like the wed one""Thank you Mama!".
We walk back to the tire shop and now that J has on his fire fighter hat he feels empowered to put his hand out to cars passing by "Top!! I'm a fiwe fighter!!" He was happy as can be with that hat!
We're just in time, tires on, trucks done, and now it's safe!!
We make it back home just in time to have lunch. By now I feel like I'm so sore I'm starting to walk funny, not good...
Time to go, back in the stroller, off to pick them up at school. I run partially again, feeling a little more energetic now that I ate. We get there and turn around to come back home. We take the bike path just because I don't have to worry about crossing streets or having the kids ride on the side of the street because people are walking on the sidewalk.
We get on the path, it's hot, the breeze is gone, and they just re-did the bike path with what looks like black tar...
Ugh, J is asleep, I am trying to run, I'm hot and tired, I even try to walk fast but I just felt like I wasn't walking fast enough.
Eventually we make it home, kids start their homework, I jump on the computer to get the paperwork needed to pass out at our soccer practice...
Get to practice, talk to the parents, pass out papers, keep an eye on the boys........
Get home, put dinner in the oven, get the kids in the shower, feed them, have them read and then to bed, start cleaning up the kitchen just enough so that the counters are cleaned off, make lunch for Daddy, and prepare the kids water bottles for the next day of school.......
Ugh, never ending, I take my sore self up the stairs to bed knowing there is still so much for me to do, paperwork needed for our boys soccer team, finishing cleaning up in the kitchen, toys that need to be picked up, clothes that need to folded that are in the dryer..............on and on and on.
The days over, time to rest, what isn't done today can be taken care of tomorrow.
Wednesday isn't any easier, Squiggly shows up with a cold so my attention is fully on her, dishes stay where they are, toys remain scattered around plus the new ones J has decided to take out, Mom Jr. starts dance after school...
Again night is here another busy day gone, everyone is finally asleep...................until tomorrow where we'll begin all over again.
Just a Mom............................
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