By Heather O.
Up at 7:30 when my children attacked.
Out the door at 7:45 for a 5.5 mile run. Ice on the windshield. Tricky, tricky spring. Only crazy people run in this cold, but I promised I’d be there for a friend who needed the moral support. If only moral support didn’t hurt this bad.
Back in time to shower and get dropped off with my son for soccer pictures and game while DH took Little Sister to a baptism. 2 and a half hours on the soccer field in temps below 50. J and I are both sunburned. What’s up with that?
Race through Burger King after the game, get over to the high school at 2:00 in time to see a friend’s daughter perform in “The Pajama Game”. In the weirdest of ways, it made me miss being a teenager.
(I said it was weird).
As a high school musical veteran, I knew exactly how those kids felt, how much that musical meant to them, and, more importantly, how much fun they were having. When was the last time I had that much fun? Or had a great excuse to wear that much make-up?
Back at home by 5:00, sent DH off to Target to buy new cleats for J, Little Sister is parked in front of a show, and I’m collapsing on my bed, just long enough to blog and take a breather before my running friend drops her kids off in an hour so she and her husband can go on a long overdue date.
Tomorrow, DH will go to his early morning meetings while I corral the kids and get us all ready to get out the door for 9am church. I’ll teach my Sunday School lesson, and then spend RS dissecting every comment. Home teaching, visiting teaching, and then we’ll all collapse and take an afternoon nap. Maybe. If Little Sister isn’t more interested in drawing on the walls.
Does anybody else feel like Monday is the day you recover from the weekend? Just me? All righty then.
How’s YOUR Saturday going?




I spend Monday cleaning up after the mess everyone made over the weekend. Why is it that making the children help clean makes more of a mess than it alleviates?
Comment #1 by JenMarch 27th, 2010 at 4:27 pmT-Ball @ 10:15. Birthday party @ 11. “Thinking day” (brownies thing) 1:30-4:30. Volleyball @ 3:00 - oh, and the game is an hour away.
Good thing we have 2 cars and drivers, otherwise - no way.
Comment #2 by The WizMarch 27th, 2010 at 5:06 pmI also found myself both freezing and slightly sunburned today (in NOVA)…..strange strange spring weather…..but I skipped my morning run and I am now deeply regretful.
Comment #3 by JenMarch 27th, 2010 at 5:09 pmIt was my twin boys first birthday party.
Comment #4 by Molly DoeMarch 27th, 2010 at 6:00 pmLaying on the couch pretending to be sick so I didn’t have to do anything.
Comment #5 by LisaCMarch 27th, 2010 at 6:14 pmGrocery shopping for yet another week of diet food - BLEH!!! Also getting more zinc to attempt to fight off the cold my DD’s and DH passed my way! Woo Hoo. My children are both small enough that I am not “Taxi Mom” yet though, so I can’t complain!
Comment #6 by RenaMarch 27th, 2010 at 7:38 pmJust say NO!
Comment #7 by JendoopMarch 27th, 2010 at 7:51 pmAbout the same. Only without the husband.
Comment #8 by Tracy MMarch 27th, 2010 at 7:51 pmLaundry and dishes done, all floors swept/washed/vacuumed (but not with a Kirby), litterbox cleaned, even got my sinks scrubbed. Wrote four blog posts. Didn’t get to the grocery store, and still have my GD lesson to finish for tomorrow. Suspect, though, that I wouldn’t have gotten a quarter of that done had I small ones to take care of at the same time.
Comment #9 by Ardis E. ParshallMarch 27th, 2010 at 8:14 pmI spent the day with my family letterboxing. It was a perfectly beautiful day in SW Montana!!!
Comment #10 by MelzieMarch 27th, 2010 at 8:28 pmWoke up at 6am to take my husband to fire academy, came home, the kids were all awake, got them started on cleaning thier rooms. MIL made pancakes, and I made raspberry smoothies for breakfast. had kids clean up kitchen and then kicked them outside to play! Spent some time hanging out with my 9 year old, then made Jelly doughnuts. Went to pick hubby up, made dinner (doughnuts are gone) then began to enjoy the plate of rice crispie treats brought over by our awesome Bishop. Chores are done, and I am loving having a quiet evening with kiddos, hubby and in-laws.
Comment #11 by KshawMarch 27th, 2010 at 8:28 pm(I will restart my diet on Monday…)
Well, it was supposed to have been a girls-only weekend (movie, shopping the sale at J.C. Penney, dining out, etc.), because all the guys are scattered to the four winds (Taiwan, Idaho, Washington DC, Chile). But instead, my almost-twelve-year-old and I spent a good chunk of the morning at the MD and the pharmacy, hoping that her eardrum would not burst before the oral meds — she refused any intramuscular administration a/k/a a needle — could reduce the infection pressure. Then the two of us played Mario Party and watched about 7 Dick Van Dyke reruns. Late tonight (say 1:30 AM, since they delayed his flight) I’ll drive an hour out to the airport to pick up the one returning from business in Taiwan. Off to bed, then up at 7:30 to make it to 9:00 AM church and teach my large class for Primary/Sunday School (some are in P, some in SS… the joy have having the turning-12-year-olds). Then maybe, maybe, there’ll be a little rest.
Comment #12 by CoffinberryMarch 27th, 2010 at 8:37 pmI left for the YW General Broadcast (which was awesome, by the way) at 4:30 pm, picked up and subsequently dropped off at the end of it 3 of my YW, and didn’t get back to my house until 8. One little broadcast should not take up my entire Saturday evening, but it did. Monday is totally my recover-from-the-crazy-weekend day, especially since after barely making it to 9 am church on time, it looks like a tornado blew threw the house, and I don’t want to spend Sunday cleaning it all up. It’s the messiest day of the week for us and I dread knowing that someone could pop by to visit and see how messy it is. Oh well. Glad we’re not the only ones.
Comment #13 by StarababaMarch 27th, 2010 at 8:59 pmWeekends are the worst for me. Saturday is often filled with errands and chores that didn’t get done during the week. Sunday is a day full of meetings for me that start at 8:30 and don’t get done until 3 p.m. (church is 11-2). By Sunday night I am dead on my feet and the house is always a disaster. It’s so hard for me to do anything on Mondays… I am usually still hungover from the weekend. I dream of the days when I will get caught up, or gasp, ahead of the game?
Comment #14 by ChristyMarch 27th, 2010 at 10:01 pm8 hours in a car — post vacation collapse. Nuf said.
Comment #15 by Melissa McMarch 28th, 2010 at 6:40 amWent to girls day, got glitter toes while daddy and daughter were on a daddy daughter date. Figured I deserved the day of, since hubby travels and is gone monday-friday every single week.
Comment #16 by m2thehMarch 28th, 2010 at 11:25 amProm dress shopping.
Comment #17 by CindyMarch 28th, 2010 at 4:12 pmFour loads of laundry.
Ran errands.
Visited our friend who was diagnosed with stage four cancer just before Thanksgiving and was recently pronounced cancer-free by his doctor. Miracles happen.
Went to see Ted Leo, who covered my favorite song of all time, the Waterboys’ “Fisherman’s Blues.”
It was a good day.
Comment #18 by Susan MMarch 29th, 2010 at 6:31 amWe did YW conference at the conference center. LEft at 4 pm, got home after 9:30. I don’t have a “Sunday calling” but Monday morning is always harder to clean up after than the rest of the week.
Comment #19 by mormonhermitmomMarch 29th, 2010 at 11:50 amdaughter picked up at 8am for Magic Mountain, Volleyball mtg at 9am, two baseball games (2 hrs. each), volleyball party til midnight, daughter home from Magic Mountain at 130am. I actually hate Saturdays. Give me the quiet of a Monday morning any day! Now Monday afternoon, however…
Comment #20 by wbprawMarch 29th, 2010 at 12:50 pmYes… I love Mondays! It means I get to put hte house back together. It means I have 3 hours in the morning where there are only 2 kids at home and I really do get a lot accomplished. I have come to reallyhold contempt for the weekends:)
Comment #21 by EricaMarch 30th, 2010 at 7:59 amI have felt the bizarre sentiment, “I’m so glad it’s Monday!” quite a lot lately. Glad I’m not the only one who’s crazy like that.
Comment #22 by mbMarch 31st, 2010 at 7:50 amBut that’s mostly to do with Sunday, because I’m actually in a musical right now (we open on Thursday) and it is just as much fun and even more makeup than when I was a teenager!