Monday-ness

Monday...

How do I love thee

Let me count the ways

a new week

clean up the weekend mess

which included camping with grandma and grandpa

morning family prayer and scripture study

kids off to school

laundry

kitchen

doctor appointment

flu shot

vacuum and clean durango

ahhhhh

prepare for wolf den meeting on Wednesday

rejoice that said den meeting will be at the church

so my house won't be a shambles

15 8 year old boys!

think of dinner that will include opening lots of canned food

so I can clean and dry the cans for our den craft

prepare family home evening

get a large diet pepper

cringe at my sore arm

darn flu shot

look at the calendar so I know what the week will be

think about my kids

wonder how much homework we'll be doing today

celebrate the end of October

start planning Ruthie's birthday party

rethink the clean the house idea

think about how I want to cut my hair

call Shelba and make the appointment

call and report visiting teaching for October

Wow! I'm so good

And that's my Monday-ness. At least for today.

And just for a kick. (In the pants!) I went on Ruthie's field trip several weeks ago and the guy who was telling stories to the kids put a pink dress on a tough boy. Turned out he would be playing the big bad wolf dressed as granny. But he started talking about pink and how there is a stigma for boys and pink. Then he said, and I quote, "I remember having a pink tie that I wore all the time in the 80's. And I was cool!" What do I do?? I laughed out loud. Out loud. Then I realized I was the only one laughing. Because I was the oldest mom there. I lived and breathed and graduated high school in the 80's and guys in pink ties and pink polos with the collar flipped up were cool. My prom date wore a pink tie. So I laughed out loud. But I quickly stopped when the other moms were looking at me.

Like I was crazy.

Or close to 40.

Happy Monday.