Friday, March 05, 2010

New item for to do list:
Clean vomit out of car.
Spring break is not quite starting the way I had planned....

Thursday, March 04, 2010

Spring Break (adult style)
I just have to get through one more day and then I am on Spring Break.  While my students jet off to California and Florida, I will get to celebrate by... oh wait, working.  I remember when Spring Break meant a time of true vacation, forgetting anything that seemed remotely burdensome and having a few key items on the agenda: have fun, drink (when 21, of course), relax, and definately no work.  Now my Spring Break is one long string of "to dos," with very little consideration for things like "fun," or drinking (although perhaps those can be added back in... they seem like important items).  My goal is to accomplish a ridiculously long mental list of things that need to get done at work and at home, all of which is wholly unrealistic.  But I will do my best, because I have been promising myself that I will finally get to these things.  Some are important on a larger level, like research for a paper scheduled for public presentation painfully soon, research which is not in progress so much as intended to be in progress.  Others are important just to me, but will make me very happy, like vacuuming out the construction dust that I still find in the kitchen cabinets.  Other items on the list seem good for all involved, such as me getting caught up on even a little bit of extra sleep.  This would result in a kinder, gentler, more reasonable mommy and spouse, and I do think that all in the household would prioritize such a task.
Of course, I still need to figure out when - and how- I am going to do all of this.  Hmmm... new item for the mental list: "decide what to do first." 
The first week of the daycare center seems to be going well.  Everybody is pretty happy, but tired.  Noella is not really napping so well, and I hope that she can get some rest over the weekend. She has been enjoying the food there, with daily reports that she consumed an amount that surprises her teachers.  Mariel actually did nap in preschool today, a sure indication that she is worn out by the new friends, new environment, new routine.  Hopefully we will continue to adjust next week.  I think I am worn out by adjusting to the new schedule, too - especially in conjunction with the lingering cold and a cough that is keeping me up at night, meaning in two weeks I still have not had a full night of sleep!  I keep intending to take a picture or two at school, but just have not managed it yet.  It can be a goal for next week- I will put it on the Spring Break to do list.