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Excuse me as I blow the dust off this place. WOW. It's amazing how a class and a full schedule can keep a woman busy. Also, it's amazing how once you stop writing you have no ability to put coherent thoughts about life together again. Or maybe that's just me. I am doomed. And since you are reading this you are too. This is a warning.

Couple of things I've noticed lately:

• I still need lots of therapy.
• I pink puffy heart Zoloft.
• My two older children are freakishly tan. They are also a big pain about putting on sunscreen but do it occasionally (re: when I nag them to death).
• This working full time while trying to coordinate 4 children's summer schedules is kicking my ass. It is HARD. Or maybe I'm just a big whimp. Whatever.
• Today's schedule:
• 9-12 Oldest 2 soccer camp
• 9-12 youngest 2 need childcare
• 1-3 3rd drama camp
• 1-4 2nd & 4th golf camp
• 6-7:30 3rd soccer (our snack night)
• 6 - oldest soccer game
• Today is less busy than yesterday. Yes, I said LESS.
• Also must note, husband has been out of town. He's coming back tonight. All hail a helper at bedtime and soccer runs.
• It has been unbearably hot and humid here. The air is trying to drown me.
• I have PMS.
• Do I need to mention I've been extremely cranky the last couple of days?
• Oh, my car has no AC and the husband has the new vehicle.
• Work is unbearably dull.
• I'm taking a 1/2 day tomorrow.
• So we can take one of the kids to a psychologist. For depression. And possibly ADD. Fabulous.
• I just found out I can't have September 3rd off. It's the day before school starts AND the 2nd's birthday. I have a tradition of taking the kids out to breakfast and a whole day of fun the day before school starts. I'd like to plan an alternate celebration but I'm not sure what to do. Any suggestions? And since I asked for the day off I can't call in sick. Frack!
• I do not get enough vacation days.

Late March Snowy Friday

It's March 28th and I woke up to this:

6+" of heart attack snow. Known in our house as snowball fight snow.

This is one of the children who was concerned with getting snow in his sneakers. Wha? Since when? When I suggested wearing boots the children looked at me like I had 6 heads. I do not.

I find it distressing that the photos look like there is very little snow. It looks like there is much more in person. Especially while sinking up to your mid-calf trying to walk through it or brushing off a minivan. It is very heavy. Very sticky. I wish I had gotten a photo of the van with lumps of snow sticking out from the sides of it. Not all uniform like usual but giant clumps stuck here and there. Very odd looking and very difficult to get off the van. Read: time consuming - hence the dearth of photos. As to why I did not park in the garage last night? The sun that has been shining lately has caused the children to play outside. This has resulted in them to leaving toys all over the garage. Add to that the denial I was in over the impending snow and my innate laziness. Hence, the inability to fit the van into the garage without driving over several balls, bikes, scooters and other various paraphernalia.

In related news: The apocalypse has arrived. There was no snowball fight while waiting for the bus. Just standing around, talking and laughing. The end must be near.

Spring! Is Here! But Not.

I know Spring is here. There is evidence of Spring:

• Birds singing in the morning for the last week or so.
• Sun! and Blue Skies! for more than 1 day in a row. (I think we may be up to 4 days strung together like shiny beads all in a row.)
• My mother's crocuses started BLOOMING yesterday. On the extra wtf-early Easter.
• The calendar says so.

Okay, so that last one means nothing in this part of the world. But the others DO mean something. The one thing missing? The occasional warm day. Really. We usually have a warm day here and there to let us know that yes, Spring is really here. But no. We've had ONE warm day - weeks and weeks ago. So I appreciate the sun and the blue skies but I would like to be able to go out and enjoy them for more than 5 minutes without frostbite. Also? Snow is forecast for every day this week.

Bullets

• Yesterday's weather was like a lover's caress, a warm breath wrapping around my skin like the softest blanket ever imagined. My skin felt free when I took off my socks. Socks, those things that have been constantly on my feet 24/7 for the last several months. It was beautiful and it made me feel beautiful.
• Today it is cold and icy. Yuck.
• I'm trying to talk myself out of ordering a bunch of books from Amazon for the kids. MUST. STOP. BUYING. THINGS. (We live down the street from a LIBRARY)
• Trying to get up the courage to call HR about a maybe, potential, new, new job.
• I do not have enough to do at work today. Which would be fine except everyone in the office can see when I'm not working. Looks bad. And this place is all about looks.
• Wish I could be knitting instead.
• Finally starting to get my Raverly account up and going.
• Must really get to work - some just came in! Or I'll wait till the boss man comes back from lunch.

Bad Time of Year

This is definitely a bad time of year to start a new blog.

Reason #1: End of/Beginning of Month: My busiest time at work.

Reason #2: Sports. Sports. And even more sports. Baseball and lacrosse are very time consuming. And no, I don't play any sports except the sport of reading. My boys play. All of them. All 4 of them.

Reason #3: The weather. It is getting nicer out - finally! - and I would rather spend a bit of time outside than in on the computer. Or maybe not. But I do HAVE to spend more time outside tending to things. Things like the children. And eventually I will have to tend to the yard. The yard that currently looks like we live in an abandoned building. I hate yard work and gardening. Someone save me!

Reason #4: Since I'm going to try to keep this blog anonymous, I can't blog at night while the family is around. It will be interesting to see if I can pull it off.

There it is. A total cliche of the Springtime blog of someone with offspring.