Monday/Tuesday

Monday
Adam left back for Fort McMurray. He is gone for a 24 day shift so this will be a long one. After Adam left we just puttered around until my preschool meeting at 1:00. It is nice that I can bring the kids because I really like volunteering for activities my kids enjoy. Anyway I had to submit my resignation as chairperson due to our moving. I will finish out the rest of the year and do what I can throughout the summer over email until they can fill the position. Shouldn't amount to much work as everything winds down by the end of June. After the meeting we came home and put Ashley down for her nap. She didn't sleep to long but enough to take away the grumpiness that settles in. We had an easy and quick supper before heading off to soccer practice. My cousins in the area have soccer on the same night in the same field so we usually chat during and after practice/game. After practice we walked back to our place with all the kids and my cousins. The kids played in the back yard and checked out Farley. Once they left I took the kids upstairs and through them in the shower. I am starting to like this shower business they have started. I don't end up with nearly as much water on the floor, it is easier to wash hair, takes less water, etc. The showers are nice compared to baths in the hot weather we have been having. Once the girls were in bed I packed 3 or 4 boxes of clothes. Mostly they belonged to Adam since he has clothes with him and he won't be back until we are in the new house. I crawled into bed late...maybe 12:15 but fell right asleep.

Tuesday
I have been waking up to my alarm at 6:30 yet I am having trouble getting my arse out of bed to hit the treadmill. I am not sure if it is lack of motivation or thinking I have other more pressing issues (like Moving). I am determined to make exercise I priority over the next month as I know it will help with stress/sanity/mom time. Anyway I got up at 7:30 and let the dogs out and ran a sink full of hot water to wash dishes. I got watching tv and then heard laughing/giggling from upstairs. I went up to see what was going on and there was Natasha in Ashley's crib. They were having a good ol time being nice sisters. Anyway we headed downstairs and the girls enjoyed carrot muffins for breakfast and a fruit smoothie. I explained to Natasha that I will be packing lots of things into boxes for our upcoming move. When the day comes we will back up our house now into a big truck and take everything to our new house. She thought this was a wonderful idea. After breakfast we came downstairs briefly. We then went upstairs and packed away A LOT of the girls clothes. I really don't know why I keep so much out when they only where a handful or so. Anyway Natasha was really good helping as I let her pick which shirts she wanted to keep out and which ones she would be ok putting into the box. She was really good and cooperative. I left the room and I hear her asking Ashley "Do you want to keep it out or put it in the box.?" She was doing the same process with Ashley. Unfortantely Ashley says "NO" to almost everything and all her clothes ended up in the box. I went through them when the girls were distracted doing something else. We had pancakes for lunch and then took Natasha to preschool. After the dropoff Ashley and I stopped at a moving company to buy some used boxes and then headed home. Ashley went to nap and I relaxed and watched TV for half and hour. I went upstairs and packed away a box of dishes that I will not used. I woke up Ashley and off we were to get Natasha. We picked up Natasha and headed to Sobeys for a couple of groceries. When we got home the storm was rolling our way and a little boy was walking home from school. I could tell he was upset and I was worried he got beat up or something. Anyway I asked him if he was ok and he said no. He saw the storm coming and he was very afraid of lightening and thunder. I asked him if he had far to walk and responded yes so I then asked him if he wanted a ride home. I quicly unloaded the groceries and reloaded the girls in. I drove him home, which ended up being pretty close. Anyway I wanted to talk to his parents and let them know that I wasn't a "weirdo" picking up strange kids but no one ended up being home. We came home and made supper, had another shower and then just played until bedtime. I packed up 6 boxes of glassware/china/crystal/ornaments tonight. I know some people will think I am starting to early but I would rather be able to have it done early than panic at the end.

Now I am tired and I am going to head to bed and veg for half and hour before lights out. Goodnight everyone!