Back to Reality :)

We had a great weekend last weekend... On Friday, Martin took off of work and we went to Jim's for breakfast (awesome pancake & breakfast taco!). Then, we went to Babies R Us and registered for stuff for our little girl. The rest of the day we just took it easy. On Saturday, we got up and went with a group from church to Krause Springs, a natural spring outside of Austin, where we ate a picnic lunch, lounged in the water, hung out, and watched people do tricks on the rope swing. Saturday night, we went and saw The Hulk - and I actually enjoyed it. Sunday morning we got up and went to San Antonio to visit with Martin's family. His sister, brother-in-law and their two kids were at his parents house, so it was a really nice chance to visit with them. We came back to Austin and went straight to get the kids.

They had a blast in Turks and Caicos. They came back very sunburned and peeling, so that night when I was putting lotion on Jake's face, I barely brushed his ear and he yelped! Both kids had swimmer's ear infections and couldn't go to camp on Monday because 1) they couldn't swim and it was a swim day and 2) they needed to go to the Dr. to get the antibiotic ear drops. I was pretty frustrated at losing a day of work, but we hung out and had a good time. I was asleep before 9, which has pretty much held true most of the week. It got me thinking...

What a difference a week makes. This will be an unintentional birth control argument for some, but last week when they were gone, I worked about 10 hours a day, took roughly 3-4 hours/day for a date night or girls night out, and slept about 8 hours a day. I didn't cook, didn't really clean or do much else. This week, I am taking about 3 hours a day - not for a relaxing night out but to run errands, go to the grocery store, pick up kids from camp, etc. I spend another 2 1/2 hours a day on my feet getting the kids ready and out the door, making dinner, doing dishes and laundry and cleaning/picking up. A couple of hours go to hanging out with the kids - getting them ready for bed, reading, playing ball, riding scooters, playing games, etc. I sleep about 1 1/2 hours more/night because of the extra physical and emotional energy I'm spending, which leaves me about 7 hours/day to work - on a good day... HA! I love my life but I absolutely need to limit my work time to 5-6 hours/day. Unfortunately right now, I need to work 40 hours/week for the next six weeks in order to finish this project I've been working on by our deadline of August 1st. Oh well, I've faced crunch times before and I have no one to blame but myself. If I'd worked a few more hours each week up to this point (I've been working on this project for almost six months), I wouldn't be in this boat.

Even with my time issues, I like summer fun with the kids and am not going to give that up. Tonight, Sydney has a sleepover with her friend Bria, and Spencer is staying over at our house. Tomorrow night, Sydney goes to a Camp Rock Premier party - Disney's new movie that comes out on t.v. - at a friend's house, and we're going to have a house full of 8-year-old boys here to play, make pizzas, and watch the movie. Fun!