Today

1. Try to wake up.
2. Try again to wake up.
3. Turn on light and try again to wake up.
4. Finally wake up.
5. Get ready.
6. Be grateful for David and Mary for being focused and helpful.
7. Squeeze everyone into the Forester.
8. Drop David and Mary off at the bus stop with another mom. 
9. Drive to Loveland.
10. Drop Sara off with a friend.
11. Leave Sara for 7 hours!  The longest I've ever left her.  Ever.
12. Drive to Columbus to attend the temple.
13. Drive to Loveland.
14. Talk to my mom on the drive.
15. Be grateful Leslie picked up David and Mary from school because I never would have made it home in time to meet them at the bus.
16. Visit with my friend, who declares Sara the best baby ever!
17. Drive to the cousins' house to pick up David and Mary.
18. Decide not to go home.
19. Go to Red Robin for no particular reason.
20. Go across the street to Dick's to buy shoes because it is there and we have momentum.
21. Discover David's current shoes are two sizes too small--no wonder he has been asking for new ones.
22. Let David pick out shoes with laces because it's way past time he be forced to learn.
23. Stare longingly at the Crocs.  They have no laces.
24. Let David push Sara around the store in the a shopping cart
25. Be talked into buying shoes for Mary too.  With laces.
26. Give a stern lecture about the importance of learning to tie shoes.
27. Buy shoes.
28. Go home.
29. Unpack backpacks.  No homework.  Phew.
30. Clean up breakfast dishes.
31. Read scriptures. Wrestle. Laugh. Pray.
32. Write an email.
33. Make a reservation.
34. Put the kids to bed, youngest to oldest.
35. Watch one TV show.
36. Try to put some thoughts together for a blog post.
37. Make a list instead.
38. Go to bed.