Less is more...
(Alternate title: I didn't sleep at all last night because Greg's out of town on business and therefore this post may not make any sense.**)
I spent most of yesterday reading (finished Holly Lisle's Secret Text trilogy) so I didn't do my usual "pick up after the kids five million times" routine. And the kids are off school today and woke up at some ungodly early hour (Maryland Primary Elections, the schools are used as polling places). Again why do I have to wake them up on school days and then on non-school days they are up before the roosters? In some ways they are to the age where I can leave my bedroom door open and snooze for another hour while they fix themselves breakfast. But then again maybe they aren't because they made more of a mess on top of the mess I didn't pick up yesterday.
Lunchboxes, school bags, hair brushes & hair things, gameboy games, books, soccer gear, socks, jackets, dress-up clothes, blankets, pillows, these are just a few of my unfavorite things I have picked up and put away this morning. Let's not forget the random stuff that didn't quite make it to the trash can either. I swear those stupid juice box straw wrappers will someday be the "straw" that breaks my back.
Just for the record I did yell and make them clean but I swear they can not see anything or "remember" the correct place to put something away. Emily walked past her dirty socks on the steps half a dozen times, Ally didn't remember where her jacket was suppose to go (I saw it in the stuffed animal bin), Zach must think his gameboy belongs between the sofa cushions, and don't get me started on Kyle and Kelly. It actually ends up being less stressful for me to send them all outside and put everything away myself.
I'm tired, I kinda have a headache and I'm thinking the whole "Less is More" thing is a great idea. Less to pick up, less to put away, less to clean. One of these days I'm going to go insane and throw everything away except my blue quilt, a pencil, a notebook of paper, a case of Mountain Dew, and my iPod. Maybe I'll keep a set of knitting needles and some yarn to knit socks. But everything else will go!
** I warned you this probably wouldn't make any sense.
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