Another Monday

I think I need to find a way to get us all to bed a little bit earlier at night. My little Bug woke me up at 3 am this morning because she couldn't get back to sleep, and then after I rubbed her back for a few minutes and went back to bed, I couldn't get back to sleep! Getting up this morning sure was tough, and that messes up the whole morning routine.

Little Bug's teacher is having a baby, and I have started a little blanket for her and the baby, but today we got a little invite to the school shower for her. It's Wednesday! Somehow I don't think the blanket will be done by then! LOL. So I shall have to think of something else to do. Maybe not go and send it later? Go with a small gift and send the blanket on later? Hmm.

I am still fighting with the constant fatigue. I hope it will get easier. I am still struggling with the meal planning thing, too (meaning I haven't done much of it! lol).

Does anyone else wonder what this whole bailout stuff will really mean for America? I hate to be pessimistic, but it sure doesn't look very good for the future of the economy.

Just my wanderings.....

Wool Festival

On Saturday we went to the Canterbury Shaker Village in Canterbury, NH for their Wool Festival.  It was great!!  The Little Guy was a bit bored, and the hubby wasn't super thrilled, but he did enjoy it.

I love it.  I was in Fiber Heaven.  So much yarn!  So many spinning wheels!  So many fiber producing animals!  It was great.  So many things to do with the fiber afterward!  Spinning, weaving, rug hooking, rug braiding, felting, card weaving, inkle weaving.  I would have bought more yarn if I had had time.

We did look through some of the buildings, too, but some you had to be on the tour for, and we weren't there at the right time.

I used to think I had no interest at all in spinning, but now I'm thinking I might want to try.......

My New Life

It's a whole new world, that is for sure.

I haven't worked full time in nine years, so getting used to a whole new routine, working all day, and still taking care of the house and family when I get home is a whole new ball game for me.  I am struggling and persevering, but it is hard.

I am so tired.  But I hate to go to bed at night in some ways, because the only time I have to really breathe and relax all day is that little window of time between when the kids go to be and when I have to go to bed.  It drives me nuts when they don't go right to sleep and come out to the living room to ask us questions, and so forth.  I just want to savor that little bit of time!  In the morning, I'd love to have a quiet breakfast with no distractions, but most days my Little Guy is up and at 'em before I even get out of the bathroom after I shower!  

Things are compounded by the graduate class I am taking.  It is  good, and it is only one day a week, but I need to be better about getting my reading done before class, etc.  I'm sure it will be a good class and I'll get a lot out of it, but in many ways I wish I wasn't taking it.

Things will get better, and I will figure out how to juggle things eventually, but at least I like my job so far.  The people I work with are great, and it makes me so grateful to know that my children go to this school and are able to have this education.