Welcome to my life

It's 3:30 p.m. I got up late, around 8:00 a.m. because I forgot to set my phone alarm. So we got started late with school. I tried to multi-task by answering emails and dictating sentences to my youngest - I really hope those emails made sense! I took a shower mid-morning, but didn't get a chance to put makeup on or dry my hair because my son needed me to check his math so he would know if he got to skip a lesson or not (he did). I also saw that the couponing list came out today, so I got sidetracked getting that ready for shopping on Friday and then I saw that there were new Ben and Jerry coupons that I needed to print out (there were others, but those were the most important ones).

Meanwhile, the kids were working on school work (I think - they all said they were) and we were hosting our science co-op at 12:30. By 11:30, we were heating up leftovers for lunch and I was saying no to Klondike bars for dessert for the 20th time today (they are convinced that dessert after every meal is part of a balanced diet). At 11:55 a.m., I announced that we need to make sure everything is people-ready. We clear tables and make sure bathrooms are (somewhat) presentable. As I go to look in a mirror, knowing that my hair is flat and face is in desperate need of some makeup, the dog barks. It's 12:06, and guess what? Part of our co-op group is here early. Ok, chances are the kids won't notice how bad I look and my friends, well, friends are supposed to overlook things like this, right? I discreetly put away the remains of our lunch and put the rest of the dirty dishes in the sink, hoping I can somehow wipe the big drip marks off the kitchen floor before my friend notices them.

I started getting out all the supplies for our science experiments (not yet ready because I thought I would have 25 more minutes) and discover that someone misplaced or used up my bottle of vinegar. Who uses a whole bottle of vinegar...and where would something like that get misplaced?? I don't even use it that often. So we make do with the small amount of cider vinegar that I find in the back of the cupboard that has an expiration date of 2007 and (big surprise) that experiment doesn't work out exactly like it was supposed to. Sigh, such is science. I'm sure they understood the concept just as well when I explained what was supposed to happen.

The girls went to my friend's house to play and the boys decided to hang out here. When I informed them they need to do something other than play computer games, they came in and want to know if they could soak cotton balls in rubbing alcohol and set them on fire, one of them swearing he does it all the time (possible, but not likely). So I let them try one or two out on the back lanai, but apparently it didn't work well (whew!) and they gave up. When the other mom came to pick up her son, we ended up talking outside for 20 minutes or so while her youngest honked the car horn every so often to remind us he was ready to go.

My dear husband took the van to work today because his car is at the mechanic, so I can't go mail the packages that I should have mailed yesterday, but couldn't because my printer wasn't working and I needed to include directions in them (dear husband spent hours last night working on the printer, so it works again). My son has swim practice in an hour, I have to leave for chimes practice at church in 2 hours and I know someone is going to ask what we're having for dinner and I'll have to give my standard response of "Food." because I have no clue yet what we're having.

My one goal for the day was to straighten up the office/school room which looks like a tornado hit - library books stacked, papers and notebooks that need grading piled, incubator with eggs that are due to hatch next week, vinyl cutter and vinyl remnants everywhere. I'm telling you now, it isn't happening today.

I still haven't looked in the mirror and dear husband should be home anytime, so I should probably go do that so I at least look decent when I explain why it appears that nothing happened here today.