Crazy Like Thursday Morning.

OMG-did I have the morning from HELL today. Okay, sure it may mostly be my fault due my terrible habit of procrastinating..But still. It was bad. I woke up at 5:00 and decided that it was too cold and I was nice and comfy in bed. Fast forward 6:15 when Jeff and I decide we really should get our butts out of bed and let Nikita out or we would be drawing straws to see who has to clean the pee up off the floor. As my feet hit the carpeted floor I remember just why I wish I could've and probably should've stayed in bed. CARROTS, DIP, 23 TREAT BAGS FOR SCHOOL, SPELLING WORDS, FLAT STANLEY MAILING, 15 MINUTES OF READING, DID OWEN HAVE OTHER HOMEWORK?, DAYCARE PAYMENT-IS IT A PAY WEEK. Is it too late to crawl back under the covers? So, I get the kids in motion and tell them to get dressed, bring Drew downstairs and give him breakfast. I start cutting ribbon to tie the treat bags closed with. Why am I so compulsive about these things? It couldn't even be one colored ribbon-I had to use two different colors. I could've even made it easier if I used the zip-lock baggies that I purchased earlier in the week. Nope, I have to be ARTSY!!!!UGGGHH. So, it is now 7:30 and still no sign of life downstairs from the older two. Finally, after threatening to throw their Gamecube in the garbage they appear in the kitchen looking at me with the look like, "Why isn't our breakfast sitting on the table waiting for us?" So, treat bags done. Next step, Ty's spelling words. We went over these last night and he had a few mistakes. So while he was eating his cereal I threw the list infront of him and told him to study thus beginning the argument over the spelling words he got wrong were the "bonus" words and he really doesn't have to know the bonus words. The teacher wouldn't have given you them if she didn't want you to know them! So, I ended this argument because I just didn't have the time by saying he better not come home with less than a 100 then. Next on the list Owen's Flat Stanley mailing which he insisted on writing his return address on the envelope which took 5 minutes for me to tell him how to spell every word. Okay, Flat Stanley is done, what about homework? Owen says he thought he had homework but it isn't in his folder...works for me-guess he didn't have any. We phibbed about doing our 15 minutes of reading and I told him he owes me reading when he gets home later and I signed off on that. How much you wanna make a bet I forget? DIP-I know I have sour cream in the fridge to make veggie dip with for the carrots for Andrew's Daycare party. Ut-oh...Should the sour cream be a solid mass in the bottom of the container. I really don't think the daycare or other parents would feel too good about me feeding their kids this sour cream. Okay, I'll call Jeff quick and have him pick up sour cream on his way into work, I'll make the dip at work and run it back over to daycare (with the payment check I have forgotten from the beginning of the week)before lunch. Phone, phone...Where did I leave the phone? Thank god for the find handset button on the receiver. The kids love playing the "let's find the phone" game. Okay, the boys are ready to go minus sneakers and time to get Andrew dressed. This has become quite the chore. No sooner do I get him dressed than Mr. Stripper is taking his clothes off again. So, I have kind of gotten into the habit of dressing him right before we leave and after the ceremonial morning poop. Rush the kids out the door, take the dog out to pee one more time and bring Drew out to the car without him taking off across the yard and getting stains on his khaki pants. Trip to car successful-no runaway Andrew!
Now, I know you are all saying, "If you had only been more prepared..." Yeah, yeah, yeah and if Woody had only gone to the police...WELCOME TO MY LIFE-it is amazing I remembered to put underwear on.