Where has all the free time gone? It’s Friday of the week off and it’s time to check in to see what got done.
I got nothing done. I am way behind because having kids at home when you are supposed to be working is counterproductive.
My son did clean his bedroom because another kid was coming to sleepover before this youth convention they were both going to. Since this Monday, it has returned to its former state. To say my son is a sentimental slob would be an understatement. This kid keeps the plastic wrappers on items for mementos
and actually has a Tupperware container of receipts for fast food he’s gotten when out with friends. I think he will grow up to be one of those people that ends up with a house that is so cluttered that there is only a pathway to the refrigerator, the bed and the bathroom that is clear of crap and he will go on Oprah for help. The learned psychiatrist on the program will probably say it’s his mother’s fault.
I did order a book on time management and I hope they have a chapter about cleaning your work area that includes your children. My guess is that there will not be so I will probably have to write that one myself.
The girls both got sick – really sick – so they got nothing done. The one is better now and went back to her normal routine today. The other child is asleep on the couch, which she hasn’t been able to get off of for about 4 days now. She is my organized one and is slowly curdling inside because she has been too sick to get her work done and is “way, way behind”. Needless to say, I am a bit curdled too because I am also behind and I am worried about her as she is one step away from pneumonia.
The weather today is very windy and snowy and below zero. The power has gone out once today due to the wind. With this in mind, my sick-o is arguing with me about driving back to college today because she is sweating about her assignments. I am picturing her crying because she is sick and has gotten lost in the sub-zero weather. No, wait. That was her 4 days ago when she drove here as sick as a dog. Thank God for Google maps and cell phones. I am getting that kid a Garmin for her graduation present.
So it hasn’t been a very productive week, but it has reinforced my strong belief that older children should get summer jobs, full-time jobs. If not, they become them.
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“In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer.” ~ Albert Camus
4 responses so far ↓
1 Half-Past Kissin' Time // Feb 21, 2009 at 10:53 pm
This was a perfect “Friday Fragments” post, you know… I have a nephew who keeps every candy wrapper he’s ever had. Kinda scary…but I love the little bugger.
2 patois // Feb 22, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Dang, I hope the sicker of the two is doing much better. I shiver wondering how I’ll deal with kids driving when ailing. (I am in denial that driving under the influence will ever be cause for concern.)
3 Sarah // Mar 2, 2009 at 12:33 am
Hello Mary, I just found your blog and I really like it. I think we must share the same brain though. I just wrote about cleaning out my kids’ rooms and I also wrote that Oprah will probably have to do a show on them. Check it out, it’s the Feb 17th entry. Your blog is bookmarked now and I look forward to keeping up with you!
4 Marilynne // Mar 13, 2009 at 1:17 am
There is a reason why there are doors on the kid’s bedrooms. That’s so the mother can close these doors and pretend that everything is just fine on the other side.