Wow!  What a day!!  I am thankful that it is OVER!  Does anyone else every get those glimpses that you can be Supermom as you're scheduling something that is two weeks out?  Well, I'd done that for today AND for tomorrow.  So as I sat nursing my little man at 4:45 a.m. and playing out our upcoming day, I realized that to be Supermom for ONE day was potentially do-able.  But to try to pull it off TWO days in a ROW was just sheer lunacy!  By 9 a.m. I was on the phone rescheduling appointments for Friday. 

Don't get me wrong ... I have four boys, two of which are homeschooling, one who has autism and one who is still nursing full-time.  My older boys (and I) work out twice a week learning karate.  They are also very active in boy scouts and in their church youth groups.  My third son goes to a local preschool 3x per week to try to learn some social sense - because with the autism, that is just plain old MISSING most of the time.  I am also trying to keep my rubber stamping business afloat.  So I more than EXPECT to be busy ... but being DUMB about how busy I CAN be on any given day is something I need to try to contain!   So we made it through our day and tomorrow should be a little easier taking our rescheduling into account.

I am also thankful today for my very best (and insightful) friend and neighbor, Pat.  She really keeps me grounded when I'm being a little less than realistic about what I can accomplish in schooling my kids.  Sometimes it takes me a while to *hear* her, but eventually I do hear what she has been saying and I'm able to reassess, reassign or redirect my efforts more strategically.   It's Pat's birthday today and I missed giving her a card on time.  I also need to find a way I can bless her, even if it is a little past her actual birthday.  Ideas anyone?