waves of mercy; waves of grace

everywhere i look, i see your face!

boy howdy has it been some whiles since i have had THIS problem: i slept most of the day away! tonight is marty's last night shift ("forever!") and after I got him up at 11:20am, i laid in bed "just until coffee's ready". next thing i know, he's bringing in a sleeping Leila and next thing i know after that, it's 1:30pm!!!

brb - gotta put an insolent boy to bed

2 minutes later: i'm back, he's eating a bedtime snack :p

anyway i was shocked i had slept so long. i felt very guilty but marty said "i could have woken you up". so off he went, getting ready for work. i had promised him last night that i would make him a kickass meal to take with him to work, and i TOTES didn't do that! augh augh augh, said i.

well, to salvage the day (grab it by the horns, per se), i got going on today's study sheet (so much for fasting from TV, sigh). we listened to some worship songs on youtube, and then we went outside to play. Leila surprised me, being happy to stay put on her big truck while I got the laundry started (am ashamed i had to let it get to a point where M had to express how angry it makes him when it sits in the washer, getting smellier by the day), and cleaned up the entranceway (tidy; sweep; mop)!

neighbours were out playing soccer (first day of the World Cup today!), and Drew was content to zip around them on his little bike and

[k rly bedtime for bears now brb]

8:30pm, and i'm back. boy, when you first walk downstairs from putting the kids to bed, and you survey the mess in the entire house... overwhelming. i told myself i'd finish my cup of coffee before i dive in to tidying the living room, cleaning up after dinner, and doing moremoremore laundry. on with the story for now.

i pushed Leila around on her truck, and chatted a bit with neighbours. Drew made his first 'lotion' of the season, with Leia (Laya? Lea? Leighagh?), and I refereed them ("sharing!"). Then i came inside to make dinner, while trying to keep L happy in her chair. I made a roasted vegetable pasta salad, and it was very good. Drew just ate the noodles (and L too, now that I think of it - evidence: floor), which is a victory in itself. we wound down with a phone call from daddy, some breastfeeding (L), and some Toopy & Binoo (D).

So L was down at 7:30. She had had just the one nap, though it was a lengthy one. I'm obviously hoping both stay asleep until morn'. i plan not to squander this kidfree time (though, as someone once said, 'if you're doing something you enjoy, it isn't wasted time')!

i shall close with: my inconsistency with capitals at the beginning of sentences and with 'I/i' is bothering me. Also (because i recently read about it in Eats, Shoots & Leaves), i really need to standardize my use of apostrophes and quotation marks!!