Catching Up

I feel like I haven't been on my blog much lately...  I've blogged, but I haven't rambled.  And certainly, that's the best part, right?  I feel like if I do get on here lately - it's going to sound like I'm complaining, but I'm not - I'm just busy.  And busyness turns into "complaining".  

Work is out of control!  I'm at the point where I'm not even sure where to start when I get there.  That's not good!  I'm good at prioritizing... I'm great at organizing...  but lately, wow - I've had no organizational skills!  I'm overloaded with projects with deadlines that seem to be unreasonable.  :)  I'm training two people - in hopes to take some work away from me.  This is great - and I know it'll be even better once we get to that point... but it's GETTING there first. 

It's Ryan's busy season.  We know how it works, but lately - it's been different.  And what I'm about to say may seem silly, but...  having 2 kids (2 BUSY kids) - or maybe - having CORA - wears me out.  It's just different.  Cora is at a tough stage - whiny, cries a lot, wants to get her way, and there's not much point in trying to 'reason' with her when she's throwing a fit.  This is just hard.  It's even harder when I'm the only parent.  I know I went through the same stuff with Kayson - but yuk - it seems worse with her.  Anyway, I feel a tad overwhelmed at home...  with work being so busy, and having to do some work at night... I'm behind on house stuff - like cleaning - picking up toys (yes, toys are still sitting out tonight - and I don't care!!!) - keeping the kitchen looking decent - keeping the bar top cleared off, etc.  I know these are 'small' items, but they are big to me (and Ryan too).  

Doing two drop offs take a lot longer than I ever expected.  I mentioned this earlier in a post, and it's still the same!  Our mornings (when Ryan is traveling), consists of me getting myself ready - Kayson is woke up around 6:25 (it typically takes him over 10 minutes to actually get out of bed), Cora is woke up around 6:35.  From then on - it's getting them dressed, getting them fed, remembering to let the dogs out (twice in less than 15 minutes or there will be an accident), getting on Skype with Ryan (trying to have a conversation with him all while still prepping for us to walk out the door, or trying to get Cora it eat something, or drinking my protein shake), get teeth brushed, dogs put away, fighting over which shoes Cora will wear, and finally to the car.  (plus other random things that could slow us down every morning!)   We should get the kids up around 6:15... we really should.  That sounds terribly early and not fun.  ha.  :)  Anyway - it's been taking me right about 55 minutes to get from my garage to my parking ramp when taking both kiddos.  Is that normal for other parents??

Kayson's starting to read Level A books.  I was just told this afternoon by his teacher.  That seems exciting, right?!  I don't know much about it... but I'm so intrigued and I can't wait to hear him read to us more and learn so much more.  

I mentioned Cora's whining.  She's got a little routine down I think.  From daycare to school, she's fairly quiet... almost like she's trying to figure out how loud she'll be once brother is in the car with us.  We pick up K - back in the car for a very SHORT drive from school to the house... and yep, she starts in - crying, throwing her shoes and wanting a fruit snack.  EVERY.SINGLE.DAY.  And I refuse to give her a fruit snack...  as she's just had a snack at daycare... and I'll be making supper SOON.  ha.  Tough Mom huh?  We thought this would help her eat supper... but it still hasn't... so I really don't have an answer at this point.  :)

Ok... I'm done. :)  Things are good here...  just a tad busy and a tad overwhelmed with random things.  I hope to use this weekend at home to catch up on home stuff... and also think about getting some fall clothes for the kids.  I'm hearing of some chilly temps in the next week.