January 2023 - Basketball Season
Life is getting busier with almost 4 teenagers in the house and one 10 year old. It is flying by so fast, there are days I barely can get a 20 minute nap! There are also weeks where I only fix dinner once and that annoys me because I like home cooked meals. There is no "witching hour" with little kids, constant help with daily chores (except Jackie), whining, or physical fighting. I now have kids that come home exhausted and want to do NOTHING till dinner. Now we have an occasional help with a homework assignment, kids that are self sufficient with the chores (maybe a reminder or two) and a chauffer to all their activities between the hours of 2-6pm. It is the kind of busy that I am ok with but there are "cons".... getting in and out of the car because my sciatic nerve starts to hurt, being around people (at basketball games) shouting/screaming off the top of their lungs and encountering traffic (idiots that don't know how to drive). I am trying...