Getting in the swing of it..

Just when I think that I am getting the hang of this HMIC gig, I get thrown a curve ball. I was sooo excited this week when my two oldest started back to school. They were on pins and needles to get up Monday morning (Sarah even got out of bed before I did) they rushed through breakfast, and ran out the door to the bus stop. I walked home with my little one in the stroller and thought to myself, how am I going to fill the day? Little did I know that school may go slow as a kid sitting in that chair waiting for the clock to spin and the day to end. For a parent at home trying to get the laundry done, the floors clean, and all the bills paid before the chaos starts again, the school day is not long enough.

I am glad to have the kids in a larger district, they still have P.E, art, music, and library. Those opportunities are huge in the development of these little minds. Sarah came home today to announce that she will be playing the violin in the school's orchestra! I do have my battles to fight in this district, the nonsensical busing system is making me pull my hair out! They have 5 buses that come to our neighborhood, but they can't for some reason get our kids assigned to the bus that goes right by our house, we have to walk Emily over 1/2 mile to the bus stop! What is that all about? I wish I could just drive them (and the 2 girls across the street) to school each day. The problem there lies in the fact that their schools are 10 miles apart and start/end at the same time, I am a good HMIC but I don't think I am that good.

Sean is not adjusting to being home by himself very well. He gets lonely and demands a lot of our attention (he makes up for the lack of adult time by still taking 2 naps, this is when I get as much done as possible) he is beginning to like to sit on my lap and "work" on the computer. I am doing my best to keep him on the schedule he had with his therapist in Globe, he just does not want to sit on the floor and play with mom's toys (I think it is because they are the same ones I just pulled from his room) he wants the bag of toys that he had not played with before and so each appointment was like Christmas for him.

I have learned that I am defiantly not able to do this all on my own. It has been a blessing having my Brother In Law here for the last few weeks. He is always willing to step in and take on anything he can do to help. He plays with the kids, helps with homework, even cooks dinner when things are piling up and can see that I am a little too frazzled to try and come up with something for dinner. I now truly understand why families used to stay close, it took a whole family to keep things together. Thom and I were blessed the last 9 years to have my mom there to lend a hand whenever we needed it, and boy did we take advantage of those extra hands.

I can tell you that the thing I miss the most about being the HBIC was the interaction with adults. I love my children and husband dearly, but I am longing for the day when I find a group here in Vegas that I can slip into. Somewhere I can go and just be Liz, and get away from the daily grind for a few short moments. I know I will find it, I just have to really start looking. When does church volleyball start again???