To Do List
This is what I should be starting on now instead of milling around here. The list isn't the longest it's ever been but for some reason, I'm daunted by it. I leave with the 3 youngest kids (and a teammate) for Waterloo this p.m., the earlier the better b/c Kyler wants her social time with the team at the hotel. Usually I love out of town tournaments and I'm sure I'll be fine once we are there but Payten leaves for camp Sunday so she's staying in DSM with a friend 'til she goes. I always miss her when she's gone and leaving before her this time has me feeling off kilter. My firstborn. My sweet girl. It was just her and I for so long that it feels like part of me is missing when we're apart. I'm getting better at this because she's already so busy with her life but still.......
Registered the girls for the next school year a couple of days ago. Gotta love "free" public education---$300 + later. This past year I had 4 kids at 3 schools and because I don't have enough to do, next year I've decided that the 4 kids will be at 4 different schools. Ryann and Jaden of course COULD be at the same magnet elementary school they've been attending but it has never been a good fit for me for lots of different reasons. This far along, Ryann can't switch b/c socially it would be devastating but rather than put up with it for 5 more years, I've decided to switch Jaden to our neighborhood school for 1st grade and beyond. I know that the change will be the best thing for her and hopefully Payten will be able to drop Kyler off at the middle school each day so really, it shouldn't be too bad.
I just realized another reason I'm probably feeling a bit off kilter is that it's been about 3 or 4 weeks since I've been to church b/c of softball. Church is always so good at helping me re-center. Sometimes I get frustrated with fellow church members because they tend to be alot more politically conservative than I and the focus sometimes seems to be on "traditional" families of mom, pop, 2.1 children, dog, white picket fence.....and I really don't fit that look but I do miss the obvious opportunity to connect spiritually with God...something I need to remember that I don't need to go to a church to do.
Anyway, boredom and I don't mix well and the list today is as boring as it gets. Groceries, movie store for new movies for the trip, cleaning the car, cleaning the house 'cuz there's nothing worse than coming home to a dirty one, laundry. Yay.
