I always get caught up in circumstances. I just do. When I was home for Christmas break, I loved being home and had a hard time wanting to go back to work. Now that I have been back for 2 weeks, I am all business again. That's not entirely true, I have been making a real effort to pick the kids up as early as I can, but I have been working really hard at school and find myself thinking about it all the time when I'm not there. This week has flown by so fast! Brian is recording his cd with Dallas and Bethany at night, so here is what an ...ahem... "average" night looked like this week:
Come home, cook dinner, clean up dinner, after dinner activity (teach flute lessons, go to the grocery store), give baths, read stories, sing songs, get water, Brian leaves for the night, CRASH in front of the TV. We skipped swimming both nights this week, and I am actually not sure that we will go back. Are we quitters?! I signed Elijah up for lessons for something to do in the evenings when it is dark early and cold outside. Although it doesn't appear that we need anything else to do.
Saturday is our friends' baby's baptism and we are her godparents. This is very exciting to us! In the Orthodox faith it is taken very seriously to be someone's godparent in the helping to raise them in their faith. For example, we try to think of our kids' godparents as a part of our family--they are invited to birthday parties and have pictures of them in our albums, etc.
It is important to us to be a part of this child's life and love her in a special way. May God grant us grace to do that.
One last ramble...I bought a calendar on amazon last night for FULL PRICE. I was so frustrated with myself. We have this wooden calendar frame in our kitchen for a Lang graphics calendar. Well, we usually get one shortly after Christmas at 50% off from Borders or Barnes and Noble. This year I waited too long and they were sold out. SO I had to decide what to do. We actually do use it for at least looking at the dates--especially with Elijah (not really so much for writing things down on), so I didn't want to just re-use the old one for the pretty pictures. And it has 2 giant nails holding the frame on the wall, so taking it down and leaving 2 big nails or 2 big nail holes in our red kitchen walls doesn't seem like a real option to me. I have been just hoping that I would find one for cheap, but I haven't. So I bought one on-line. For full price + shipping.
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I'm amazed at women who can work and maintain and family and home! It is too hard for me!
Of course, that being said: you do what you gotta do! And right now I'm doing just that. 40 hours/week and a family/home. It helps that our home is currently only three rooms big, but still...I wait longingly for that day when Peter will take over the bills and I will leave the workforce and take over the home!
On a completely different note, I love reading aloud with Peter! I'm sure it will be even more fun when we have little ones to listen and join in the fun!!!
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