Unloading the brain...

I kept waking up last night. I was so exhausted but my brain wouldn't go to sleep. I think i need to empty it.

carson has asked me three times now to please pick up the next book in the Alex Rider series, by Anthony Horowitz, from the public library, today's the day. carson has also asked me three times for a much needed haircut, today's the day? soccer practice tonight for number 2, & 3. i'm coaching number 3's team (that's a whole other blog post!) need to figure out our practice field situation, did they get my message about the lights not being on last week? Kendall needs new shin guards. carson needs new cleats. there's a broken tile in the computer room, need to get the guys out to fix it. missed the HOA mtg to submit landscaping plans, now we'll have to wait til they meet again next month, ugghhh! need to call and check on my father-n-law, see how knee surgery went. thinking about signing up to do the urbanathlon in November. need to settle on a light for over the master tub and for over the kitchen table, enough with bathing and eating in the dark! kendall's 3rd grade team needs more tax donations to get them on their field trip to kartchner caverns, need to remember to do this. completely out of bread, need to bake more today. need to finish the super activity recommend card the bishop asked for, by tomorrow, yikes! carson slept in the theater room last night because he couldn't stand to be in the room next to bryson, they got into a wrestling match while we were all in bed, i could here the yelling and then the crying but was too tired to get up and do anything about it, no good mom points for that one. need to figure out how to make those two get along. came home from walmart a couple days ago missing a bag, still need to make it back over there to figure it out. bought a darling pair of new shoes on clearance from TJ Maxx, got home, tried wearing them out only to find that the left shoe is mismarked in size and is a size bigger than the right shoe, need to return. thinking about bryson's 14th bday next month, what to do to celebrate it? thinking about carson's 12th bday five days later, what to do to celebrate it? trying to plan a family camping trip during fall break. need to finalize all the food, that i'm in charge of, for 33 girls and 6 leaders for our super activity in CA in a couple weeks. did i pay all the bills for this month? what should i make for dinner, is it too late for crockpot? remember to make a hair appt. Lee's bday is a week from today, what to get him? what to get my dad, his bday is a few days after lee's. need to make plans with the varvel's this weekend, haven't seen them in awhile, miss them. need to take lemon bars to the neighbors, they've been hinting about them for months now and i haven't had time to even talk to them in quite awhile now, don't want them to think we're mad at them, they're such great neighbors. make sure bryson follows up with Father Eric from Andre House, where we volunteered in the soup kitchen last night, about eagle project opportunities. make a list of jobs carson can do to earn $ so he can start paying back for the other neighbor (not the lemon bar ones), pillar he destroyed, and we had to pay for, when he crashed into it with the golfcart...he needs to learn responsibility. need to set the alarm clocks to wake up earlier so we actually have time to read scriptures in the am and/or have family prayer. suppose to go hiking with a friend tomorrow, haven't heard from her, wonder if we're still on. we're out of milk. kendall still doesn't have mirrors in her bathroom vanity, i really need to get on that. we really, really need to get moving on the backyard landscaping if we want it done before the fall birthdays and thanksgiving, which we are hosting at our house. i need to get a passport. both boys need their scout patches sewed on, my machine is broken, i don't know where the patches all are nor where they go. i hate scouting. i really need to hang the picture in the hallway rather than just prop it. the curtains in the theater room need to be fixed, an extra bracket in the middle or a new, bigger rod entirely? Maybe less curtain. i need to figure out window treatments in all the rooms. need to call the window guy to deliver the screens. hope he still remembers me! the electrician needs to come back and add the two light switches he forgot. need to get the windshield replaced in the suburban. i wonder where the lady from the soup kitchen, the one who you couldn't see her eyes because her bangs where too long, slept last night. did anybody put the cat in the laundry room last night? (i found out the answer to that one when she woke me up at 3 am to come inside.) should i call the AC guy about the rattling noise coming from kendall's bedroom vent or is it not that big of a deal? carson's teacher scheduled parent/teacher conference on the one day i told her i couldn't do it, need to call her. need to make bryson an eye appt to get new contacts so he can actually see the board in class and i don't have to have all six of his teachers call me in for another conference about it, no good mom points for that one either. need to call the fireplace guy. need to pick up the special marinade from the carniceria for lee's bday dinner. need to setup a time for dinner with maxine and cousin mindy, still have maxine's bday gift and i haven't seen mindy in forever, need to catch up. i need to spend more one on one time with each of my kids. when could i schedule that in, evenings are so busy. should i sign them out of school and risk getting another letter from the state about how i could serve jail time if my kids miss too much school?

Ahhhhh, much better.