Tomorrow is not today and I'm glad - Sarah

Nov 23, 2007 21:14

I'd like to say that today was relaxing, but that would be a lie. I'd like to say that I feel a deep sense of accomplishment, but again, not true. I'd settle for saying that I got through the day without sounding like very loud nails on a freshly washed chalkboard, but even that's not flying.

I got up at 4:45am and trudged out into the cold. By noon I had completed both my holiday shopping and birthday shopping for both Ethan and Ryan as well as getting things for the gift closet. By 3pm I had the dishes done, the spice rack organized (meaning that I finally discarded the stale spices and washed all the glass bottles that now need to be filled with fresh spices), and both Ethan and Ryan's rooms cleaned. I have to say that Ryan was incredibly helpful both with his room and with Ethan's room. Ethan wasn't having the best of days, so he managed, grudgingly, to get his room done with my help. By 5pm, James had the first batch of holiday cookies (oatmeal chocolate chip) sitting as dough in a bowl. I had a fight with JM. Ethan had had a meltdown, and we had reheated the hot toddy we made to sooth our very sore throat 3 times. By 7:30pm, the cookies were all baked and put away, and, in a fit extreme organization, they were actually put in the tins in which we shall distribute them as holiday gifts. By 8pm we had finally consumed the hot toddy (after 5 reheatings), and now I am sitting here, more calm, but still not happy. I could say tomorrow is another day, but I think Ned would hit.

The best I can managed to salvage from the day is that things were done and I hope that by the morning I'll feel both calm and able to start again. Maybe that's the thing I like best about being alive: I can go to bed reasonably sure that I'll have another chance to be my best self tomorrow.

-Sarah

ethan, jm, holidays, ryan, daily life, sarah, ned

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