Not a moment to spare!

Life is busy.

Is it that I schedule too much? Is it that I want to do too much? Is it that is just the way life is supposed to be?

Well whatever the reason, life is busy. The kids are always running in a million directions while I frantically try to keep up. Now that all three of them are of the age that they can participate in "things," it seems there is never a moment to spare. The strange thing is, lately the whole thing has been very doable...most days...with a little organization and forethought. I also know life will not feel that way all the time because life with kids is so unpredictable. But for now, I will take it!
School is moving along for all three kids. Change is hard in our family and a new school year, even when you return to the same building, is never easy. It takes a few weeks to figure out who is friend and who is foe. We are getting close to settling in a groove. I have to admit, whether it is having only two schools to drive to in the morning or the extra 45 minutes we have before the car needs to be pulling down the driveway, our mornings this year are so much better than last year. I might even dare to say, they are pleasant even! Who knew that was even possible?

Soccer is going along too, but I think we are all counting the weeks until we are done with practice. The team I coach has boundless amounts of energy. The type of energy that only little ones can have and you can never hope to contain. It is exhausting. It has reminded me that maybe coaching isn’t my calling. But, then Zachary did ask if next season I would be his coach again. It turns out I might not be the world’s worst coach because he likes his current coach even less than he liked having me as his coach! (it is nice to know that every so often they realize I know something besides how to make them miserable at the dinner table and how to torture them with rules about cleanliness).

Of course the Murphy’s Law of Motherhood states that anything that can go wrong will go wrong and soon (especially if you have two very active boys). And, Einstein’s Theory of Motion as related to Motherhood states that a body in motion will stay in motion until acted upon by an outside illness or object, landing you in the doctor’s office/Urgent Care/ER real quick. But, as it turns out, I don’t have another moment to spare to think about this any more. I am needed back in the mom race to run along with my kids and remain flexible to their needs, taking each thing as it comes and being thankful for the days that go according to plan!