The week from hell is over. After driving a total 15 hours in the last 6 days (many of them in the icy, snowy, pre-dawn hours), the nightmare week is over. (Insert exhausted, unenthusiastic "whoot" here) Now all that's left is the cleaning up. TMOTH's finally back on his feet (sort of) after the back injury to end all back injuries and the kids have entered a *lovely* stage in which they actually want to help. (I know- who knew it was possible? They fight over who gets to set the table, who gets to refill the water cups...I feel like I'm in the twilight zone) Now if we can just a) avoid another snow storm and 2)dig out of the laundry nightmare that threatens to take over the house, we should be good.

Things I should do today:
Go to church so my kids don't grow up to be Republicans
Laundry so that we don't have to be naked tomorrow
Shopping for groceries so we can eat
Change beds to avoid visit from DCFS
Scrub floors (see above re: DCFS)
Cook for the week (ditto)
Send care package to sick grandma (sigh)
Play with kids (see above re: Republicans)

Things I will probably do today:
Laundry
Nap
Lie on Harry's bed and avoid playing with the kids by claiming that being in the same room *observing* their play is the same as playing with them
Lie on Molly's bed and play "mama's napping"

At least I don't have to work tomorrow. For some archaic reason, I have President's Day off. No on else in the world has President's Day off, but apparently my ultra-liberal employers view this as our token observance of right-wing values. I guess it's our small way of acknowledging that maybe some folks who work there might be republicans- though we shall never speak of it again.

Yawn