Jen at Conversion Diary suggested a link up of 7 posts in 7 days, and since I’m so busy pulling my hair out waiting for major life events to unfold, I thought, “why not?” I mean, who doesn’t want to read the insane ramblings of a person currently sitting in the hallway of life? This will not be great writing. This will just be writing.
Besides these major life events, that I will expand on momentarily, I should also note that I am having one of those… hormonal kinds of days, that I have a kitchen that still has breakfast dishes in it (it’s 9pm), no less than seven loads of laundry to fold, and a 20 month old who is singing songs on fluent gibberish while I type this on my iPhone and plead with him to Go the #*@& to Sleep. He needs another drink. He must be awfully thirsty after going without water for 30 whole seconds. And yes, I am writing Monday’s post on Sunday night. Because I know for a fact that at some point this week I will fall behind, I tend to never finish this sort of thing, so I’m giving myself that wiggle room.
Anyway.
Did I mention I hate typing on my phone?
So these major life events (none of which will actually unfold over the next week, but I figure, maybe if I spew my insanity all over my blog some of it will get out of my brain) include but are not limited to: purchasing a business, being in a business transaction with family members, a daughter making hugely procrastinated decisions about college that she needs to fund and start in just a few weeks, buying another car, preparing four children for three new-to-them schools while hoping to get bumped through the wait list on yet another school for two of them and trying to keep dates open on the calendar for four schools, and figuring out how to work rides for all of these and what system will allow for the best communication on times and transportation.
(He’s finally asleep! I think I’ll go finish this on a real computer!)
Heh. Kicked kid #4 off the computer (Who’s Line is it Anyway marathon) and now have no more excuse for typos.
Back to the major life events: meanwhile, while those things are unfolding (or not unfolding and just sitting there maddeningly) I am trying to get a handle on the dietary changes in my household. 3 out of 11 are now gluten free, which would suck be difficult on its own but my husband is also allergic to eggs, which seem to be in every single gluten free item on the planet – or at least in every recipe. And to try to re-manufacture a recipe to be egg free that has already been tweaked and twisted to be gluten free is, well, a recipe for disaster. And I just don’t have time for cooking disasters right now. If I am making food for 11 people, which can get expensive, I can’t throw it all in the trash when it turns out inedible. At least not without throwing a big, hairy fit.
I’m trying though. Even though almost every time I sit down to try to do meal planning I just stare at the screen or some recipe books before deciding that there’s maybe some grout somewhere that needs to be cleaned.
Oh and I’m trying to lose weight too. Because that isn’t crazy AT ALL with all this other stuff going on. But even my fat clothes are tight right now. I swear I wondered this morning if it was okay to “stay home fat” from mass. You know, instead of staying home sick. But – I made it, fully clothed, to mass anyway. Go me.
There you have it. I have set the stage for this week. Business, Money, Family, School, Schedule, Nutrition, Weight Loss. Good grief! No wonder I feel all “hormonal”.