Ahhhhhhhh....I'm sitting.....ahhhhh

I have been waiting for this moment all night - to sit down with my laptop, put my feet up and say ahhhhhh. I have a tendency to think I need to get it all done all the time, and I work myself to the point of exhaustion. Well, this weekend I had yet to clean our master bedroom. Why I'm calling it a master bedroom, I don't know, since it's the size of a normal bedroom and doesn't have a bathroom or even a walk-thru... Not the point. Not the point. For some reason I decided 6pm on Sunday night was a good time to take on this task. Besides that, I was already working on laundry, cleaning the kitchen, etc. And the room cleaning involved other things. You know how doing one thing means you have to do this other thing first and that thing means you should probably do this other thing too. So the MOUNTAIN of maternity clothes piled on the floor (please don't think about my baby's 9 month age) required me to rid myself of bags of a friend's maternity clothes she lent me. The result, however, is that I no longer have a mountain of these clothes in my bedroom. YAY! Then I got it in my head I should rearrange a couple large pieces of furniture. Yeah. That meant hauling out the file cabinet that was erroneously placed in our bedroom when we moved in. When you're moving, never say "oh let's just put it there and figure it out later." That's what happened with our bedroom. And it was over 2 years ago, and we had not touched the large pieces of furniture or file cabinet. Man, we're pathetic.

I feel like I've finally begun to sort out my life. It's been a long time coming. When do people find the balance? For a long time, I had been overworking myself each night, then I had kids and decided to heck with all the household responsibilities. Well, I gave up those responsibilities in a small townhouse. Now in a normal size house, your junk accumulates and spreads out. I'm not complaining about being able to spread it out, mind you. I love my house, but I never took the time to really organize all the storage areas. They are kind of odd areas. Anyways, this period of deciding time with each other was more important than having a clean environment has gotten out of hand. We live in a cluttered mess all the time, and the last few days I have been attempting to work like crazy. A lot of nights I fail because of exhaustion, and I collapse on the couch when the kids are finally successfully down for the night. My mom tells me she still hasn't found the balance between getting things done and enjoying life. Is there any hope for any of us? I should just shut up and be thankful, right? So okay fine, here I go, attempting to do just that. Shut up and be thankful I have a house to maintain.

Since I have been so absent to my blog lately, here are some bullet points of life lately

• Ellie's cast is off. It's been almost 2 weeks, and her hand is looking great


• Ellie started physical therapy


• I've been off to a great start making the last 3 months of the year our medical quarter, and have been in for Matthew's checkup, a bunch of Ellie appointments, another one coming in a couple weeks, I need dental checkups, and Ellie is going to have probably 12 weeks in a row of occupational therapy


• Ellie went and got an ear infection to top off her terrible cold


• I have no vacation time left at work (let's not exaggerate, people - I have -27 hrs of vacation time, I'm not kidding), and so I have been working A LOT, trying to cram in all my hours to end the year with a slightly positive balance


• I've become 2 employees in 1 recently at work, and while it's crazy at times, I am happy to be busy and needed


• My son has finally started going #1 regularly in the toilet, even standing up now!! This is the hugest news ever! He has even gone on his own without us telling him to a few times. We're getting somewhere. Last week he did a #2 in the toilet, but hasn't since. That's okay, I can handle it. Barely. :)


• We went to a b-day party for a 3-year old today, and Matthew had a blast. It was so fun to see. They had a DJ, which might seem bizarre, but it was great for every age of kid there. Matthew just stood watching for the longest time, warming up to the situation. And I mean THE LONGEST TIME. You could tell he wanted to join in, but just couldn't make himself do it. All it took was the right music. I have no idea what song it was, but all of a sudden he couldn't hold back and started shaking it up!! It was hysterical. The next song after coming out of his shell was who let the dogs out. He tore up the dance floor. It was just so funny. There aren't words for it, and we just sat back and enjoyed watching it. He had such a good time. Though he says his favorite part of the party was eating cake.

Here he is at the party, for now, until I get the dancing shots uploaded


• Some of you may have been following enough to know we've been having some serious tantrum issues with Matthew, but I am happy to report he has been very good the past couple weeks, with a few exceptions here and there.

So I have a couple posts in the works to look forward to soon, including another confessions of a working mom, and something to do with Matthew quotes. He has a lot lately. I can't wait to write more. Hopefully I'll get back into a good routine. I really enjoy writing, but it gets hard to find the motivation. Soon, people, soon! Till then, ahhhhhhhhh, I'm still sitting. Ahhhhhhh