Work, Work and more Work

It occurred to me this week that keeping my blog up to date might be a little harder than I thought. I created my blog with the intention of adding at least weekly...however, I chose a horrid week to begin! I decided to take this journey the day my school was let out for "holiday" (tsk, tsk) break, 3 days after closing on our new house, 5 days before we would start to move, and the day family came to town to visit...I seem to have a problem with being overly ambitious...
In any case, it is a new year and I resolve to add weekly to my blog...so today I begin.
Being home for two weeks over Christmas was wonderful less the constant movement in and out of our new house, in and out of our rental and between trying to entertain a 4 and 2 year old who were contstantly antagonizing each other and begging for attention. I became one of the many moms who turned on the TV out of sheer desperation to get SOMETHING, anything accomplished. I felt pangs of guilt when I looked up and an hour had gone by with little griping or whining but as my children sat lifeless with their mouths draped open as they watched the same episode of Spongebob Squarepants...again...
However, we were able to move in completely, paint 3 rooms and unpack 95% of what we owned. Mason chose "schoolboy blue" for his room, and Madeline, via me, chose "lemon butter" yellow which gave Steve and I both headaches while we painted (or at least while I edged - my job in the painting process). A bit bright, I might regret this color since it invokes panic and rapid heartbeat as you enter the room.
As my first day back to "the real world" approached, I began to panic as I thought of all of the work I had not done. I function by lists. Lots of lists, post its, and things I can check off...it gives me 100% satisfaction (and is the butt of many jokes among my co workers and fellow teachers) to be able to check off all that I have to do... The list I had created on the last day before break had gone untouched and I knew I would pay the price! I still hadn't graded finals, hadn't reviewed the two resumes emailed to me by my students (what students do work over break anyway?), regrouped my students in hours 1-4, run copies, gone to the store for dry pasta needed for an activity for the preschoolers...gawd....
It is Monday - back to work, and as the reality of being a teacher and mom to 100+ students during the day, mom to M & M at home, and wife to my poor husband who somehow puts up with it all has set it. By 6:45 am I have completed 2 items on my list (note: I am the first in the school parking lot this AM -what is wrong with me :). Off to inservice today. Somehow, like every other day, it will all get done and I won't know how I did it. I will still be able to kiss my kids at night before bed....read them a book...talk about school and know that I am truly happy.