STRESS!!

AAHHH can you say overwhelmed? I have so many things I need to do, but I don't even know where to start. I hope writing about it will help me get organized.

So last week was spring break. We decided to go visit our families since our grandparents hadn't been able to see the baby yet. We were planning on being home Thursday morning so I could get ready for Hayden's party and Halle's blessing, and just because I don't like to travel with the kids very much. We had a bit of an unexpected change, however, when Derrick's uncle John became sick on Sunday. When it became apparent how serious it was, we decided to change the party and the blessing to another weekend. The tricky part was letting everyone know. I sent a little slip of paper with the time and date of the blessing when I sent Halle's birth announcements out, but the address list was at home. I had to recall from memory all the people we invited to make sure to spread the word. I was stressed the whole weekend because I just knew there were people I forgot to call. I really hope no one showed up to my ward Sunday thinking that we would be there.

Derrick's uncle passed away on Wednesday. Instead of coming home Thursday we decided to stay until after the funeral on Monday. His uncle was such a great man. He had some hard times in his life, but I had never seen him looking unhappy. He was always joking around and making people smile. He was a quadriplegic so even though it's sad to see him go, we can't help but be grateful that he is free from that trial.

So we were really glad that we could stay that whole time, but the thing is we stayed five extra days... which means we did not pack nearly enough. I really think I can be a flexible person, but changing plans that much can really mean a lot of work. Now we are home and will be having a very busy week. Derrick is going to Delaware to check out the university this week and he is so busy with school that he won't be coming home until bedtime until the day he leaves. This means that I'm pretty much on my own the entire week! Let's not forget that our house now looks like our suitcases exploded and we came home to expired milk and not much else in the fridge. My poor kids are so off their schedules too. Hayden hasn't been goign to bed until 10 pm almost every night the last week. Why are my weeks always so stressful before the Sundays I have to teach in RS?

So to keep this from being a horribly useless whiny post, here is what I plan on doing today to get over this:

• forget previous stress and focus on what I have to do right now
  
• do some laundry
• clean the kitchen
• study my lesson
• go to the grocery store
• give my kids lots of loves

There really were LOTS of fun things that we did over spring break. The grandmas will be emailing me pictures (just a little reminder *wink wink*) so I can write about them soon.

Sorry for whining so much, but I feel much better getting that out.