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The New Post icon is like instant writers block as of late.  I am not off the couch from my

 afternoon nap, and here it is time to start dinner.    So get over the writers block, or make dinner.  Obviously the choice is clear!!  

So this quote has been rattling in my head for a while:

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

-Sir Winston Churchill

I love it on so many levels.  I like the encouragement of having no loss of enthusiasm, and I like how it twists some of my perceptions of failure into an opportunity to reflect and improve.  

Now I have to cook dinner.  

It's been a while

Catch up is not really fun.  I've been lousy the last couple of weeks and things are just piling up one after the other.  I am totally frustrated with the state of my home, the state of my children, and the state of my body.  

Let's tackle them:

#1 My house:  Someone should really take pity on me and send a maid my way.  I need someone who is willing to turn a blind eye to tomato soup on the underside of the table, crusts under the chairs, and CLUTTER CLUTTER EVERYWHERE.  Really, I do have standards that include scrubbed and clean bathrooms and a clean kitchen.  I did all that yesterday.  But what's waiting for me is 5 baskets of laundry that need to be folded and put away, toys that need sorted and moved downstairs, and a paper monster that threatens even the strongest of constitutions.   I can't even walk through my living room without tripping on a damn cootie leg.  It's sad. However, the weather has been so nice that I've been able to escape and avoid the inside of my house for at least a couple of days.  Pretty soon, the piper must be paid.  Which leads me to #2

The Children:  THEY ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY.  I have spent way too much time with them this last month.  Either that, or they are just on my nerves a little more lately.  Or I just have no patience.   How about all 3?  Yesterday CB was so clingy and curious that by 8:15 at bedtime with no daddy around to help I lost my mind, gave her a thunk on the head and sent her to bed.  I am an admitted head thunker, not my best parenting choice, but it does get her attention and she went to bed with no further incident.   I still felt bad.  I am substituting at her school this week.  It's fun.  She is still clingy.  And the 2 year old is acting... well, 2.  It's been a long week. What is today, anyway?  

My Body:  Why does it attack me while I'm trying to bring a new life into this happy springy world?  All I want is a nice night of sleep without nausea and leg cramps.  I want a day not tinged with fatigue and irritation.  I crave silence.  I wish my nose wasn't so sensitive.  I can't eat more protein.  Really, I've been eating a hard boiled egg at bedtime, cottage cheese for snacks, and regular meat for meals.  I don't even want very many cookies.  This is very bizarre.  COOKIES!!  What kind of alien has taken residence in my tummy?  Hmmm...maybe I should try french vanilla ice cream.  MMmmm...  with caramel and chocolate chips...  

Things aren't so bad-  this is an exciting time.  I am just overwhelmed and tired.  Things will be better in the next few weeks.   

I will just sit back and wait for the maid...

It's my birthday week!!  Yeah!!  I have lots of fun things to do this week.

• I was sick on the couch yesterday afternoon and evening-  blah start to an otherwise wonderful week.  But the doc says all is well, so I will just keep resting until I'm better.
  
• Today I have laundry and general cleanup going on.  We are having new carpet installed in our living room and bedrooms, so the toy migration to the playroom has begun.  Then I have to start on the clothes.  
  
• Tomorrow I am taking a group of students to the opera to see a student matinee of Pagliacci-  a relatively short, depressing dramatic show, which should be really fun.  I scheduled extra shopping time on Michigan Ave, too.  
  
• Thursday MOPS, Ballet and Chorale.  Always a fun day, no matter what week it is.
  

AND THEN THE BIG DAY!!!!  

Yes, I will be 33 years old.  

• 20 years since I was 13
  
• 15 years since I was 18
  
• And 10 years since I graduated from college
  

 That last one kills me.  I feel like I was in college yesterday.  

I am having lunch with my birthday friend, Melinda.  We see each other 2 times a year, on our birthdays.  Hers is in September, so we catch up on all the stuff that happens in 6 months.  She is one of my favorite people, and I can't wait to spend a little time with her.

Then my mommy is cooking me dinner.  And she loves me.  I wonder if I can leave the kids at home with Pat.  Then I could have my mommy and daddy all to myself.  It's been 29 years since I was 5.

Really, Mom, Angel Food with strawberries and whipped cream, please!!!   

Crazy!

This past week has just been crazy.  I can't even write a post about it, it was just too wacko. 

Pat is home from his out of state work week and it is nice to have him back.  I underestimate how much he helps me around the house and how much I love his companionship and camaraderie.  BTW, I never underestimate how much I love that man. 

I do have a very sweet new nephew named Cameron, he is still in the hospital due to prematurity and a little jaundice.  He should be coming home soon.  I got to hold him yesterday for about a half an hour, and he is so tiny and perfect.  

It's my birthday month!!  I plan to celebrate all month long.  I don't know how. I just will.  I think maybe I will buy myself flowers each week...  I have tulips this week from the store- I prefer them outside. WARM UP!  (Just a little shout out to the universe)

As of now, I have books to read, laundry to run, newsletter to write, work to get to, baby to visit and children to take care of.  More Later!