Today was a big day, from beginning to end.
It began with waking up tired from my adventure in the ER last night. I yanked on some clothes and pulled things together enough to take all three kids to the dentist. Well, really just Neko, but everyone else came along for the ride. Thank goodness I conned my dad into coming, too. Neko was getting a filling, and, well, that just gets difficult, especially with two other kids climbing on me. Long story short, mission accomplished.
Straight from there to JJ’s to pick up Ellery’s prescription and a few other supplies. Yes, the grocery store with three kids. Thank goodness for the built-in Starbucks and shortbread cookie bribe.
Then dropping off groceries at home and hastily pulling together a packed lunch so we can make it to playgroup. Make it through playgroup without major melt-downs, and come home for quiet time.
An hour or so later, we gather up and load the kids back into the car and make it just in time to sign the paperwork to put our farm into a conservation easement with the Trust. This has been a huge thing for us this week as we try to finish the easement before next week’s city council meeting where the whole thoroughfare hoo-ha gets decided on.
After a few moment of celebration and the acquisition of a coffee drink, it’s off to dinner with my uncle Mark, who’s in town from Germany.
I’m exhausted. But lots of good stuff is checked off our list, and we hope to have ensured our ability to wake up to our pastoral views for years to come.