The house is half asleep. DD1 and DD2 were shuffled off to bed promptly at 8:00, and the two youngest appear to be hanging in for the long haul. I’m not sure why they’re insisting on staying awake. Especially since my 18 month old just approached me and stated, “Mama. I’m dored.”

I clarified, “You’re bored?”

She nodded, “Yes. I’m dored.”

Ugh. Then go to bed. LOL.

Seriously. I spent an hour on the phone waiting on hold to argue with the US about my two youngest daughter’s citizenship status. Just so that I can get them a passport. Meanwhile I’ve made no headway and am >.< this close to calling my State Representative.

After I got off the phone, I headed out to my folks. Only to nearly run out of gas. I had to go to THREE different gas stations before I could find one that would allow me to use a Debit card at the pump. I’d have gone in to pay, except I had four kids in the car. Two of them (the babies) were asleep, and I was just not doing that to them. Not for stupid gas.

I left half my kids with my folks and went up to Children’s hospital for DFS3’s appointment. We were there nearly all afternoon. Got back to our car to return home and found out my van no longer reverses.

I. am. not. making. this. up.

We got home in time to have dinner and say Good-bye to my Dad. Who, is officially moving to Nebraska. My mom will follow as soon as their house sells. So, at least she’ll still be around.

But still. Today sucked. As my eldest says, “really alot.”

And the sad fact is that today is still not over. It’s 9:00 p.m. and I have an entire house to clean in preparation for DFS3’s caseworker and GAL visit.

Sigh.

I’m tired. I want to go crawl in a hole and rest for a week. Today was exhausting.

I looked at the calendar today and was stunned to see how far into March we’ve already made it. 2009 is leaping forward at warp speeds! I’m almost dizzy thinking about it.

One of the highlights of March, was our grand camp out to get DD1 into kindergarten next fall. We’ve gone back and forth as a family about what we really want to do. Send her to this very specific school, or homeschool. Because entrance into this Kindergarten is so stiff, we decided to go ahead and enroll her. We can always back out at the last minute, but we won’t have the opportunity to send her at the last minute.

If that makes any sense?

Anyways, in order to ensure a spot for her in the 2009-2010 Kindergarten class, Dh camped out for three days. He was joined by over 200 families waiting in line for the very same purpose. Thankfully, we were the fourth family in line (third family waiting for K5), so we can happily declare that DD1 has a spot reserved.

The three days of camping were a hoot for the whole family. Thankfully the weather held up. Despite being insanely windy, temperatures stayed above freezing and we had a blast hanging out together as a family in our very own tent.

Apparently I’ve been on blog-hiatus. It hasn’t really been intentional. Mostly just a case of blog-boredom combined with a fairly hectic life. A recap of the last three months would go something like this:

-I’ve been on and off a weight-loss journey. Currently off… but hoping to get back on.

-I totaled the van in a really minor accident, trying to get a free meal at Denny’s. Go figure.

-Dh injured his hand at work and has since been on a modified work schedule. We like having him around more, but miss the overtime.

-We have a new baby in the house. He joined us in early February and will be with us for a little while. It’s nice to have a new one here, even if it is only temporary.

-I started a new laundry rotation system. I absolutely ADORE it, and as a result it makes my top “lifestyle changes in early 2009″ list.

-My sister and her husband moved to our neck of the woods. Just in time for my younger sister and my parents to leave for Nebraska. (Seriously, this is crazy!)

-Tomorrow my husband is camping out to enroll DD1 in a local school. We’ve gone back and forth on whether to homeschool or send her to this particular campus. Right now the decision is to give formal education at an out of home facility, a college try. We reserve the right to change our minds later, but are smart enough not to miss the opportunity to at least get her enrolled.

-I have big blog-revamping plans. Less writing, more pictures. I’m not sure when this new blog idea will launch. But stay tuned.