To DOOOOOO

Wednesday was my one day off that is truly for me. I’m going out of town with some of the best girls ever, for Blathering, but today I decided to also take a day for myself and to get my house in order before I go. My husband can take care of the boys – I know that. Truthfully, he’s better at it than I am sometimes. BUT I know I’ll feel better spending four glorious days away if I do some things before I go. PLUS I still hadn't packed. Here was my to-do list for Wednesday:

Car: I have a couple sensors off on my car, and I need an oil change. SO it was decided that we need to drop my car off to get all this taken care of.

Cook: Baked ziti  and roast pork w/ mac and cheese for them for while I’m gone. I figure this will appease picky eaters. At least one day they’ll be at Disney with my MIL, so that’s a non-cooking day. I also left them a frozen pizza and there are always a few frozen foods around that they can have in a pinch.

Pack: Maybe I’ll just bring my closet with me.

Laundry: C runs laundry when he works from home, but I planned to run a couple loads today, mostly to make sure I have everything I need for packing and the kids have clean socks (both kids shun sandals for socks and shoes. It’s an interesting dynamic. I think Henry just likes the act of putting on socks, and Spencer only wants to wear pants if left to his own devices so socks and shoes just work.)

Rest: I really hoped that somewhere here I can poach some time for rest, maybe to curl up with a book or some West Wing. 

Here's what I actually did:

Watched eight hours do West Wing. The part where they had the government shutdown was interesting.

Ran five loads of laundry, folded hung and even packed some of them.

Scrubbed my shower.

Grocery shopping.

Made pork, potatoes and carrots in the slow cooker, which we ate Wed  night w Mac and cheese.

Made ziti

Mowed the lawn.

Checked my work email way too much.

Took the boys to Target for Spencer's costume and so e last minute things for me.

Packed about 3/4 of the way.

Watched the baseball game until I passed out between the 8th and 9th inning.

So I think that I'm even more going to need to take sometime to rest on the trip. Blathering, here I come!