First Day Recap

The first day of school went well for everyone. Here's a rundown of the day:

Alarm goes off at 6 A.M.
I get up, get all the kids up, and walk them through their routines (Brush your teeth, eat your breakfast, do you have you papers? Did you remember to get your schedule off the fridge? Turn off the light in the bedroom! Hugs, Kisses, have a great first day!). Weston and Morgan climb on the bus at 6:45, and Chas gets on his bus at 7:45. What to do with all this free time on my hands?

8AM - 12:30PM:
Bake cookies. Start the laundry. Move all the appliances and scrub and sweep and mop under them (stove, fridge, dishwasher). Move the buffet and give it the same treatment. Tear apart the stove and clean it (My Gosh! How on earth did THAT get THERE? Ewwww!!!).

While the burners and other pieces to the stove were soaking in hot water, I decided I'd run the vacuum. Three times. And do the baseboards. And if you're gonna do the baseboards, you might as well wash the walls. So I did that too... Just in the kitchen though. I'm not completely crazy. Running the vacuum made me realize how bad my carpets stink (from the dogs) so I sprinkled pet odor remover on the carpet and let it sit for 15 minutes. While I waited, I dusted. The more I cleaned, the more dirt I found. I took the curtains down and threw them in the washer. Finished the vacuuming, and then tore apart the vacuum cleaner and cleaned it out. And then everything came to a SCREECHING halt.

12:30PM, Reg came home. In the middle of the day. And I completely lost focus. Ugh. And there I sat, with the vacuum cleaner all tore apart, the stove in the middle of the kitchen, and both sinks full to the brim, one soaking, one just full of vacuum cleaner parts. ~sigh~

Somehow, between 12:30 and 1:30, I managed to get everything finished up and put away, except for rehanging the curtains. It was so nice to have all the beautiful sunshine pouring in the windows. I went to town, ran some errands, stopped by a consignment shop, and came on home. Reg took off to work again, and the kids came home. I listened to them talk about their day, and my eyes started to cross. I couldn't focus on anything else. I. Was. DONE.

I took a short nap while the kids had their snacks and watched TV. Then I got up and cooked dinner. Weston did the dishes. All the kids did their bedtime routines, and got to bed on time. It's 9:47PM, and they are passed smooth out.

I had every intention of relaxing and doing nothing but enjoying my kid-free day. But suddenly, all these things needed done. NOW. ALL OF IT. SO, it's done. I think tomorrow I'll treat myself to a little retail therapy :)