In the three weeks since my last Not Me Monday, I have not been staying up too late watching the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. And I did not choke back tears during his farewell speech. This not being up late has not caused me to be overly tired every morning. Which means I did not: Keep Grace home from school one morning because nobody woke up until 8:30. Take Grace to school a half hour late another morning after hitting snooze four times and being woken at 8:15 by Grace. Let the kids lay in my bed and...

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It’s “Not me! Monday” over at MckMama. And since it has NOT been 17 days since my last post, I don’t need any easy post like this to ease back into things. I did NOT let Connor eat two ice cream cones (sans ice cream) and a sucker for breakfast because I was too tired/lazy to chase him down and take them away. I did NOT let Grace go to school having eaten nothing but Wheat Thins because she never asked for lunch. I did NOT let Connor eat popcorn off the living room floor as his lunch while...

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I should not have posted that last bit have happiness. The rest of the day was, well, not pleasant. There was yelling, crying, slamming doors, pleas for help from daddy … and the kids weren’t happy either. ———— To do update: We never made it to church but I decide to wait on all those festival tasks till after a meeting we are having Tuesday. I did get all the insurance stuff taken care of. That’s a major stressor gone. We’re plugging away at the rest.

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It’s noon. I’m in my robe. I haven’t brushed my teeth or hair. I ate a bowl of cereal but haven’t drank coffee, which I want, or water, which I need. I slept well last night but I’m exhausted. Maybe I got too much sleep because I laid in bed until 10 when the kids were sick of their TV shows and asking for food? My plan was to go to the bank, the Clothes Closet (which is one its last day of its season-ending clearance) and the library (at Grace’s request.) But now it’s raining again, which makes...

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This week I learned not to: Let your 2-year-old go anywhere near your external hard drive. It doesn’t take much to make them stop working. Keep all your digital photos on your hard drive – and nowhere else. ‘Nuff said. Leave the canister of sugar (even closed and latched) in your 4-year-old’s reach and then leave the room. She CAN open it. Let your husband clean up the mess hours after your 2-year-old dumps a bowl of sugar on the bathroom floor, including down the heat register. He’ll get grumpy. Neglect your blog for a month. You’ll get grumpy....

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The saga continues: From: He who shall not be namedSent: Sun 1/18/2009 11:49 AMiit soldsorry From: meSent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 12:59:44 PMwhat is going on here? Are you for real? You promised to sell it to me and then sold it out from under me? That is beyond rude. From now on, you better keep the craigslist listing to the adults. From: He who shall not be namedSent: Sun 1/18/2009 1:22 PMyou were slow so you know what (expletive) you From: meSent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 3:19:29 PMI was only slow because you wouldn’t give me a straight...

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