Thursday’s are my day off of work.  I am a teacher in a Preschool and since our youngest was born I have worked only 4 days a week and under 30 hours a week.  It works out well for the family as I have one quality day with the littlest, I have time and energy to accomplish things around the house and I can get some extra rest at nap time(in theory).  It’s also great for scheduling Doctor’s appointments and other things so I don’t have to take time off work to get these things done…state inspections on cars, maintenance stuff and that kind of thing.

Thursdays often become a time of thinking for me as it’s much quieter around here with just one kid here and he’s not a big talker yet so I can process things a little better.

Some thoughts I’ve had today…

• Laundry is the true curse of Eve….before sin Adam and Eve were naked and unashamed.  After the fall of man we became full of shame and knew we were naked…and God gave man clothing….and his wife has to wash them…I folded 6 baskets of laundry today as I had put it off…won’t lie…not my favorite part of being a wife and mother…
• Nothing is cuter and equally frustrating as a toddler learning to do things…the 1 year old is learning lots of new things and he is doing it in a cute way but he’s also having trouble with figuring out how to get it just right and that mean’s tears…giggles are my favorite but tears get real old real fast.
• I read once that you need 7 positive touches a day for good mental health…well if you could bank them then I have had enough over the last few days to last until I’m in my 70’s!  The toddler and 6 year old have been rather touchy feelie lately!  I appreciate that they love me…but they can be really sticky!
• A new semester started today for my big kids…the Senior just informed me that prom is in 100 days…time really speeds up when they hit the high school years.  My kids need to be in school though…I’ve heard more positive conversations in the last 2 hours than I heard in the last few days of break…it’s nice to have new things to talk about.

So that is a look into the way my mind works and some of the things I think about in the course of a day…

What did you think about today???