Im looking at the clock right now and I realize that there is still so much day to live. Im really not one to complain. I figure, Ive chosen my life and what I do with it, so why complain. Really, everyone I know is equally as busy so they dont want to hear my belly-aching, Right? Well today your stuck with it!! :) We started out this morning like every morning. Lucas was bright eyed and awake at 5:15 just as I realized I still had 30 more minutes to sleep before my coffee maker would wake me. So Lucas climbs in bed with Mario and I, and as Mario groans and rolls over, Lucas starts chatting away about breakfast, cartoons, pop-tarts and anything else related with morning. After 15 minutes of this I came to the conclusion that falling back to sleep is not going to happen. We get up, rise sleepyhead Michael from bed and start the morning chaos.
"Michael, get dressed!" "Girls, get on the potty, quick!! quick!! quick!!" "Lucas, breakfast is on the way, find your patience, PLEASE!!!!" "Michael, leave your sisters alone and come eat" "Michael, where is your hat?" "No Lucas, you just ate breakfast, its not time for a snack" And so on and so forth. You get the picture!! Finally, Michael is out the door, Mario to drop him off on his way to work, and the morning clean up begins. I let the crew(the triplets) watch a 30 minute morning show so I have time to get cleaned up for the day. All of a sudden, the phone rings. Its Michael, at school, wondering where I am? I ask him why I should be there and he tells me that he is singing at the morning Mass. Didnt Daddy tell me? Why no, he didnt....Arggg. But Im on my way. Get dressed real fast, bundle up the kids, as its 45 degrees out this morning, pack snacks, sippy cups and books to keep them quiet during Mass and load them in the car. We get to school 4 minutes after service has begun, just in the knick of time. I settle in with the crew, take off coats, get them snacks and wait for Michaels performance. Now mind you, Ive never attempted to take the crew to church by myself. Thats just crazy talk, so this is a true venturing out for me!! Well, before you know it, church is over, the crew is restless and Michael didnt sing. What? As the students line up to go to their respective classrooms, I get Michaels attention and ask why he didnt sing. "Oh, I was wrong, we sing next Thursday."
Well, by next Thursday, I should be a real pro at taking the crew to church by myself.
I'm at school now and I'm enjoying my few hours of interaction with adults. But as always, looking forward to whats to come when I get home. Homework with Michael, making dinner, getting Michael to soccer practice, bathtime for the crew, shower for Michael, making lunches for tomorrow, study time for mom, switch over the laundry ...........................

Here I am again!! Wow twice in one day. I dont expect that to happen on a regular basis. Well, I just got out of my last class of the day and seeing the clock, I know Mario is in the "Bedtime ritual" which I definately dont want to disturb. Michael and the girls are good at staying in bed and falling asleep with little or no problems. Lucas, on the other hand, has an exausting nighttime ritual that I just cant understand. Each night he must get up and say goodnight to Dad, Michael, Marissa and Francesca with a hug and a kiss. Can he do this all at one time? NO. Of course not. He gets in and out of bed to do it one at a time. Ok, so we get through that. Now he wants milk. No milk at night, only water. So then he must go to the refrigerator and say "Goodnight" to the milk, yogurt, peanutbutter and jelly, and whatever else he see's fit. Now that my energy bill has skyrocketed, we get him back in bed with a hug and kiss and I try to leave to relax. No such luck. He has a small couch in his room that he wants me to sit on "Just for a minute". Im so tired by this point, I give in and the minute turns into 25 minutes, he's finally asleep and so am I. On this little couch. Which is made of a not so comfortable plastic/pleather material. So understand why I am in no hurry to rush home to the "Bedtime ritual". I will get to enjoy it for the next 6 nights until next Tuesday's night class. Until then...........

Today began my second week back at school after a long and busy summer off. I find it eerily quiet and calm compared to being home with all four kids for the past 3 months. We spent this entire summer moving each of the kids into their new, respective rooms. Painting and decorating as much as we could after finishing the addition to our home has been our constant obsession. We lost our entire back yard to construction trucks and all of the wonderful piles of dirt they left behind, so the kids and I spent most of our time cruising and visiting all of the local parks. What a challenge that was to pick a park that all 4 of them wanted, that particular day.
Now that fall is right around the corner, our backyard is seeded with new grass and I can finally see the light at the end of this very loooooong tunnel. Now I can take a deep breath and move on to the next home project. Arggggg.... Will it ever end? Until later..................

So I decided this would be the best way to keep everyone up to date with the crazy life of "me". I wish I had the time to sit on the phone and talk to each one of you, but if you know part of my life, you know that is not possible. I look forward to signing on each day to release....and know that it will be therapeutic for at least one of us!! Until then...........