A day off of work, but the WORK never ends...

All righty, the kids are off at school, Jason's off at work, and I actually have 2 days of work off in a row! Every single time I do I attempt to get something in this poor house cleaned up, sorted thru, unpacked, or organized. If I were to be honest, I probably only get about a 10th finished that I plan to in 2 days, and very often the avalanche hits soon after and what I had all set and taken care of just comes rushing back. I try to keep in mind that if I'd never gotten it properly cleaned up before, then it (the mess) would be even MORE frightening now.

So, keeping caught up on laundry seems to be kicking my butt in huge ways. This is what happens when your kids all decide that their way of "cleaning up" is easier then Mom's. The clothes don't actually all make it IN to the drawers, or stay ON their hangers. Then they get shoved to the side, and the next call to "Clean your room!" results in another huge pile of laundry in ADDITION to what we all ACTUALLY wore that week. This is also what happens when 10 months after moving I STILL have not established a new chore chart for this home. My kids DO work well with check lists. (most days). I just seem to have lost complete use of my brain many days when trying to set up or organize, well, pretty much anything. I do have really good strong moments of clear thought, but it used to be a stead way of thinking, not glimmers of hope here and there. Ahhh, I can't wait for my 2 weeks off and actually going AWAY.

Until then....laundry is calling, my room needs SERIOUS attention (I know this one half of the room has carpet matching the rest of the room, I just haven't seen it under the boxes I've been putting off unpacking or under the laundry baskets of me and Jason's clothes I still haven't put away from last weeks laundry. Can I take a nap first?? The house is actually quiet and ALL to myself. In a very short period of time, school will be out for the summer, and I won't get this again. Hmmm, sounds tempting to just crawl into bed - doesn't it?