Adventures as a single mom

This morning Steven left for a two and a half week work trip. It's Saturday morning, the boys have all eaten their pancakes, and now they're watching Diego (yes, we're a T.V. family. I've accepted it) Not even two hours into our 16 day adventure and the following has already happened:

• I've scolded two of the three boys for various offenses ranging from harassing the baby to sitting upside down at the table. I've got to save my voice if I am going to continue at this rate.
• The house has gone from the neat, clean house it was when I went to bed last night, to a junk house, with food on the floor, toys littering every surface if the floor, and the sink full of dishes. It's like the mess regenerates itself.
• I am exhausted. Cooking breakfast, cleaning twice (as you can see from the above bulletin, that didn't do much good), doing homework, and trying to keep the boys in one piece, all on four hours of sleep. I really wish I drank coffee. Or did meth. Whichever will keep me going for longer.

Thank god I have a babysitter. Although she only comes three days a week, and although I mostly do homework hen she's here, as opposed to sleep, I've never been more grateful.

Later this afternoon, we're all going to Lacey Fun Fair. The boys look forward to this all year, and since I've taken all three boys out before, this shouldn't be much of a challenge. I also have to buy some supplies for Nathan's science project. The science fair is in a week and a half, and he hasn't even started it. He's a boy from my own heart.

So it's day 1 of 16. I am expecting to post a lot more in the next 16 days, as I have no local friends, and no one to whine to.