Quality Time

I often have very hectic days. A single day always consists of caring for the new baby and trying to teach high strung Rex things to prepare him for kindergarten, plus housework duties (even though there are 4 adults here, with no job I draw the short straw on cleaning, cooking, and all that fun stuff) not to mention I usually suffer from some sort of sleep deprivation and bewilderingly move through such a day as confused as fellow robot Johnny 5. On very special days I add in a stressful trip to the store/dr./orthodontist where at least 1 of the kids is unhappy/tired/bored. By the time Todd gets home I am halfway through dinner prep, knee deep in crying/hungry/begging-for-help-with-homework children, and utterly exhausted.
Last night was no exception. I spent most of the day at home doing the usual: cleaning/feeding/teaching. I talked to my aunt for a bit on the phone (a skill I have perfected while carrying Lucy & attending to Rex). Then picked up Nate from school for an eye doc appointment that lasted way too long and made Lucy irritable & Rex extremely bored. When I got home everyone was starving, Lucy was screaming, and I had a gruesome headache. By the time Todd asked if I wanted to watch a movie (can you believe it? a real movie, not something animated!) we were both so tired we weren't sure if either of us would make it all the way through.
We sent the kids to bed and curled up on the couch. Halfway through Tropic Thunder Todd was sleeping. Within minutes so was I. So much for staying up late on a school night. Perhaps we will make it to the end of a late night movie someday. Perhaps one day when the dishes do themselves, dinner is catered, and the kids are out of the house. Ah...someday.