All in One Day

In one day, today, I:

- forgot to fill out Aidan's school picture form and only remembered as bus was coming down the street. I dashed out a quick check for a random amount as the bus waited, and waited, and waited in front of our house watching me, again in my pjs. Aidan is going to be s0oooo popular at school. I can tell.

- got my first call from Aidan's teacher. She had to call me because she couldn't understand the check I sent in that morning for Aidan's pictures since I never selected a package of pictures, a color for the backdrop or even paid the right amount for any of it. As we finished the call, she chuckled and said to me, "You have three young boys, right?" At my agreement, she laughed again and said, "I did too. And it gets easier, I promise." Good. Good to know.

- realized that the seminar I was signed up to watch via webcast was not at 9 am like I thought and planned, but really at noon because it was all on Pacific Coast time. Thus, my nice easy seminar day was now watching talking heads from noon until eight, instead of 9 until 5.

- also realized that during said seminar I am required to click a button every six minutes or I will not get the credit for watching the seminar. Therefore, I had to click the button right before break, grab my car keys and drive like a bat out of hell to pick up the boys before the next segment began.

- failed to relax and enjoy the seminar. Instead, I sucked every last minute out of that day. My laptop followed me to the bathrooms, my closet, the kitchen and den. I cleaned all the bathrooms, cleaned my closet, tried on old clothes, did a few loads of laundry, made Halloween cupcakes for boys, made homemade sauce, cooked up some meatballs and gave myself a pedicure. I apparently have forgotten how to relax. Do any mothers remember how to relax?

That's it. That's my Wednesday. All in one day.