It's 4am and I'm wide awake. Sophia crawled into my bed at some point and proceeded to flop all over. Between her and Steve, there really wasn't a lot of room left. I finally gave up and went downstairs and laid on the couch. But by then I was really awake and a thousand thoughts were running through my head. Randomly. Eventually I started to get overwhelmed. I had to remind my self of the little HeadStart song. Just stop, take a deep breath and relax. The voice in my head had to remind me that everything will work out. I was able to relax again but obviously not enough to go back to sleep. It's going to make for a very long day today. It will also make for a very rambling blog post.
There were so many random thoughts running through my head and one kept leading to another. For example:
After I get all the kids to school, what time do I need to be ready for work? I need to leave at 9am. Will I have time to run the foster dog to the the humane society to meet some prospective adoptive parents. Yep. I can do it at 8:30 after I get the kids to school. Do I remember the list of things that need to get done at work before we drive the trucks back to Brookings? I think I have it on a text so I can just double check it later. If I drive out to White and I'm driving a truck back into town and Steve meets us at 11am, I'll have one vehicle at the produce stand and one out in the country. How will Brittney get to her meeting at 4pm? I'll have Janet pick me up at 9am. That will leave a vehicle for Brit. After her meeting, Brittney is leaving for Mitchell to watch Gerald play football tonight.Who will watch Sophia after 4pm when Heather goes out of town if Steve will be working with me at Berndts? Taylor. I can pay Taylor to watch Sophia and get Zeke off his bus. But if Taylor is home, what can I do with Riley? He can go to the Boys & Girls Club after school. But if he goes to the club, I'm working, Steve is working with me and Brittney is gone, how will I get him to the middle school dance at 7pm (that I promised that he could go to) when I won't be home until after 8pm. I can call The Club and give him permission to walk from The Club to the school since it's right next door. I can't forget to give him the $3 for admission. Who will pick him up? It doesn't end until 9:30pm so I should be home in plenty of time to get him. Anthony. I completely forgot about Anthony. I'll have him go to The Club too. Not the best option for him but it will work for tonight. Ok. I think that at least gets me through today. But I need to respond to some texts about when I can work at HeadStart in Flandreau and in Brookings. I told them I'd let them know by Thursday and it's already Friday. If I respond right away this morning, that's still almost Thursday, right? I think I'll try to work for Laurie the day her mom has surgery because she's so close to her mom and I know she really wants to be there for her. Even though it's a Tuesday morning. But I think it will be ok if I save Thursday morning that week instead. But I'm going to say no to the next week. I'll get to far behind at home. And then I need to respond to the request for me to work in Flandreau the last week of October. I'm supposed to keep Tuesday mornings free and that's also the same week as the Boarder movie and workshop. Although I think I could work and still be back in Brookings by 2pm which would still give me plenty of time to make it to the later showing. And I still need to decide which workshop I'm going to attend. Ok. That's enough thinking before coffee. It's almost 5am now so that's close enough to morning to justify coffee. And after all of that jumbled mess of thought, I can relax tomorrow knowing that we don't have to run anyone anywhere. I will probably do the apples we picked and can applesauce. We might even take the kids out to Berndt's pumpkin patch and take some friends with us. But there's nothing we have to do tomorrow. And Sunday starts our mini vacation!
I think I need my free Tuesday mornings just to untangle all the thoughts that get jumbled around in my head the rest of the week :)
Oh crap! I just realized that someone will have to pick up the foster dog after the meeting :/
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