Today was the first day that both kids were at school and I got some time to myself. Well, I had Amanda with me, but she's usually pretty easy when she's not screaming (and that post is definitely coming!). I even got about an hour to myself when I put Amanda down for a nap. Silence. I can barely remember what it's like.
The last time I had five hours in the middle of the day without the older kids was the first week of June. Times were simpler then because Amanda wasn't moving that much or that fast. I could get things done. I got some things done today, but not as much. I spent a lot of time dragging Amanda off the stairs. I think she goes up there just so I'll come get her, because she has a huge smile on her faces and reaches her arms out to me when I go to get her.
Anyway, I got a little time to myself today. It was nice. I could get used to this. I started working on a project that I started when I was pregnant with Amanda. A photo book of her first year. I finished making the book before she was born. That was the hard part. All I had to do after that was take a weekly picture and then print it and put it in the book. The plan was to print it on our cool Epson photo printer and fill the book as her first year went by. Today I selected the pictures I want in the book. All of them. Ugh! Not printed, not in the book. Oh well, when I get the pictures back from the printer, because we're not going to print over 50 pictures at once off the home printer, it shouldn't take me long to fill the book and then it will finally be complete.
I was also able to get things ready for the big Fort Worth consignment sale. Now that we aren't having any more babies I can get rid of all the clothes I have been saving since Andy was a baby. I've been going through buckets and bins to decided what goes to consignment, what I can sell on eBay, and what just gets donated. With a few gems I've saved for a couple friends. I can't believe how much stuff we have, but it's about six year's worth of clothes. I'm running out of space to hang all the stuff before I take it to the sale. Luckily the sale starts Labor Day weekend so I have a goal and my house will be seriously purged in the next two weeks. Yay!
I can get used to this me time. Hopefully it will make me a much happier and relaxed person and my house won't be so cluttered. The only problem is the days that both kids go to school, they are both cranky and tired and extra mean to each other when they get home. You would think since they haven' t seen each other all day they could be nice. No. It's the opposite. They've been on their best behavior all day and now they need to release it all on somebody else. It does not make for a fun afternoon, but it's the best trade off I can arrange right now. The real joy comes next year when Amanda starts preschool a couple days a week. Who knows what I will be able to do with myself then.
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