Headaches, Baby Ruths, and Reflections

Oh man I have a stomach ache. A real stomach ache!

And a big headache,

a throbbing, aching headache ( I NEVER get either!)
Maybe I have the swine.
or
maybe I snuck to many Halloween treats out of the kids bags....
or
maybe it's because I spent like 407 kagillion hours doing Reflections last night.

for 2 kids.



yes,

maybe it was a teacher who made it mandatory last minute.

and maybe it was running

to Inkleys for 2 hours, (twice) and Office Max for double sided sticky tape and foam board all night long.
or
maybe it was because I neglected all else and dinner failed to hit the table and Ry
ate cereal and didn't complain.
And poor Jakey had reading and math box and Mace needed to go poop lots and I was to busy running to Inkleys, filling out reflection forms, worrying about laminating, and simply had NO time for anyone else.

Ry was hired to take Jake over...
and the twins kept working on their proud projects.
The sad part was that I realized that I
was not going to be able to watch my tivoed Biggest Loser.
and I L O V E the Biggest Loser.
Love it, inspiring, weight loss.
(love Abby the most)


But at 10:38 P.M, we announced we were finished
Reflections theme: Beauty is......
Ashlyn a picture collage of all her own beautiful nature shots over the summer
and
Austin a simple drawing of a bare tree in the fall with 1, 908 branches neatly penciled in (and which, ultimately, represents the leaf that has fallen.) their ideas, great job.
Done. phewy, what a relief!
Assignment finished, kids happy.

They really put their heart into it, so I

T R I E D

to act thrilled and support them.

But secretly I wasn't happy, it was craziness getting it all together,

every detail they needed...

sometimes, (okay E V E R Y day) it's exhausting being a mama!

The kids went to bed, Ry kissed me good night
and you know what I did???

I snuck in my kid's Halloween bags (again) and pulled out Baby Ruth's

( what? why? I don't really like Baby Ruths!),

I cracked open a nice, cold diet coke,

PUT my feet up,

rubbed my headache,

and turned on the

Biggest Loser

after all.

It was such a nice quiet, peaceful moment in my house at 11:43 P M.
I was happy, I was content.
Just me myself, my diet coke, my Baby Ruth's, and Jillian and Bob...
and the best part:
Tracy FINALLY got the boot!
Thank goodness!

Gotta say though, she looked smokin hot! And her hubby is cute!

SO off to my day,
off for a diet coke with my girlies,
hoping,
just hoping,
my headache resides! and my stomach ache too!
BUT at least the kids are happy! They were proud.

and the
Beauty is....WE FINISHED!

POST EDIT: Much better today! Took lots of ibuprofen and drank my diet coke thanks to 5 guys and Fries with my girlies. Headache residing....Yesterday we had 3 parent teacher conferences, 2 read-a-thons, a swim team practice, book fairs, homework, bathrooms, dishes, laundry ....the list goes on and on...BUT, somehow, us mama's all survive this busy life! On to the next day....and guess what? it's in the high 60's today. I know where I will be! Have a good, sunny day!