Day 32 - A Lesson Learned

This morning is picture day at school. I wish I could report that the children's clothes were picked out, new and pressed, that they both had had haircuts and unblemished skin, and that the morning went smoothly. I can't.

Kat and I spent a lot of time last night (which began after her bedtime) searching through clothes to pick out what she was to wear. The shirt she had selected was the same color as the background for the photos so she would have had a floating head if she wore it. After endless changes, we settled on an outfit, it was layed out so that I could press it in the morning. Ry had his shirt selected - it just had to be ironed - and I set out looking for the only pair of shorts he owns that match it. Found it, on the bottom of the laundry pile, so I threw in a load of laundry. When morning arrived, I decided to make banana bread, it went into the oven as the kids were emerging from their showers. Ryan's bangs were clearly hanging in his eyes and I suggested that I trim them, to which you would have thought I had asked him to kiss a frog. I set the timer for the muffins and went to dry Kat's hair. After 30 minutes I remembered the banana bread, and ran downstairs. Ry admitted he heard the beeper, and shut it off. He didn't tell me, nor did he turn the stove off, or take out the bread. It was a tad overcooked (read sarcastically). Scrapped the bread and finished pressing Kat's clothes only to discover that they were now itchy and she didn't want to wear them. There was barely 5 minutes before the bus came, and I noticed there was something different about Ryan - he had cut his own hair . . . AGAIN! I let it go with a "great job on the hair cut, Ry." He replied "thanks" and headed out to catch the bus. Meanwhile, she had changed outfits into something that was comfortable and was straightening her hair. Alright, why not? In the end, I had two satisfied kids, no tears, and on-time arrivals at school. And hey, there are always picture retakes in November.

My casual day continued as I pushed more laundry through the cycles and played FB games. by noon, I had not exercised yet, so I went out for a few laps around the block - 30 minutes later, covered in sweat, I went downstairs to finish my X workout. We all took the night off to just chill out.