Friday, May 05, 2006

Day off, or was it?

I have been looking forward to having the day off today. Here is how my day went, you decide if it really was a day off. Wake up at 7:30, make Ava breakfast, then wash all the dishes. Dress Ava, put in the first load of laundry, play beauty parlor and fix Avas hair. Grant arrives at 9:45, I feed him, clean up, then get him dressed. Jenna arrives shortly after, put in another load of laundry. Jenna has an accident, so I clean that up and get her dressed. We all pile in the car and drive to Layton cause I left my makeup there yesterday (no I couldn't go one whole day without it). Get home clean both of my bathrooms, vacumm my room, change the sheets on both of our beds. Change the laundry again, fold and put everything away. Make lunch for four people, Jenna and Ava throw all there strawberries on the floor, so I clean all that up, then wash dishes again (I don't have a dishwasher). While Ava is napping I sweep and mop the kitchen and the hallway, change the laundry again, fold it and put it away. Cleaned up three barfs from Grant through out the day. Play ring around the rosie, read some books, do puzzles, sing popcorn popping and two rounds of three little monkeys jumping on the bed. All together I did six loads of laundry today. The sad thing about this is that I wasn't behinde on laundry and when I go to bed tonight there will still be dirty clothes in my house! My house is the cleanest it has been in months, which is sad to say. I just don't usually do everything in one day. I seriously tried to remember when the last day off I had when I didn't have to take care of any children, go to work or church or do anything at all. I can't remember. I am sure that this is not rare for a lot of people, but right now I just want a day to do anything I please. I miss those days when I could sleep in half the day the soak in the tub for hours, get a pedicure, go to dinner with friends, and not have a curfew. But, there is a wonderful part of my day. My mother is in town for the evening so we got to enjoy her company for dinner. It is so wonderful to see her play with her grand kids. They all completely adore her. Yes, I did not have to go to work today, but a mothers work is never done.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Julie, I got tired just reading your blog today. You are amazing!!! I thought I worked hard today, but I must admit that you worked much harder. I hope that you get that day off that you are dreaming about...I love you.

Unknown said...

Julie, like you said a mothers work is never done- but it is all worth while for the little things- the hugs, the smiles, and great conversations with the little ones. You are awesome.

Anonymous said...

Now you know about REAL LIFE. But all I have ever wanted in life is to be the MOM. There is no greater blessing in the life a woman. That is the way heavenly father made us - to get our joy from taking care of our families and our homes. Enjoy the journey. It is a long one, but the best one. remember when we used to turn on the "Hooked on Classics" and clean the house? Wasn't that a blast!