My new normal

I have all these blog posts in progress that I'll probably never finish, I'm shamefully behind in e-mail correspondence, there's a stack of extra Christmas cards and birth announcements on my desk that, embarrassingly, I forgot to ever send, lesson plans are seriously lacking (although our Flower Fairy coloring book should--hopefully!--be here any day now), and my body has completely forgotten how to remain awake at 5:30 a.m. I haven't washed my hair since Monday. (Okay, about that: before Austin was born, I was hot ALL the time. Now I can't seem to get warm. Usually, after my shower, I'd just scrunch a dab of gel through my hair and let my curls dry naturally. Now I freeze just thinking about having wet hair all morning. So, while Darren was at a doctor appointment with Austin on Monday afternoon, I took the opportunity to blow dry and straighten my hair and wow, what a difference! And it feels so good to not have that unruly mass of hair to fight throughout the day; now it's smooth and easily combed and I hadn't actually used a shower cap since I was like, what, nine or ten years old? But by some miracle I found an unopened one--provided by some hotel, I think--under our bathroom sink along with all the other miniature toiletries that I just love to collect. What a lifesaver! Or time and sanity saver, anyway. And don't think I won't be using it again! Heck, maybe I won't wash my hair again until Saturday, when Darren's home again to watch the kids while I tame my hair into submission for an hour in the bathroom. That should work, right? Provided no one gets close enough to really see or smell me until then. ;) Although, since I never actually go anywhere anymore, that shouldn't be a problem.)

Okay, I'm out of time now. The banana bread came out of the oven ten minutes ago and I can't hold these hungry kids off much longer. I didn't touch on half the things I wanted to say here, but that's the story of my life lately: Girl, Interrupted. ;) (Wait, wait...to clarify, I'm not saying my life is actually anything even remotely close to the movie, I'm just saying that I'm constantly, you know...interrupted. Which is okay! Life with five kids!)

I'm sure the grammar in this post is all wrong but I'm not proofreading, and I'm sure I said "okay" a few too many times, but I'm sure that can be overlooked, too, right? Thanks. I miss you, friends. I hope to post more soon!