Dear Momma,

• Arrive at airport - picked up by bad ass daughter in minivan. (I should probably have Ricardo air up the tires so you're not riding low and dirty like we have been lately.)


• Lunch - we'll go somewhere yummy because you're here. But don't go getting all spoiled. Usual fine lunch dining includes whatever's left in the fridge. As of late that's been a grilled ham & cheddar on rye with tomato & red pepper soup.


• We'll get you to our house, and let you drop off your luggage and meet your new stalker: Maybee. About the time you finally get Maybee to stop jumping on you, we'll need to go pick up the kids.We'll have to get there early to get a decent parking spot close enough for Lucy to lug her cello without meeting her weight lifting max and dropping it - resulting in me losing my deposit. But just Lucy because Max has Student Council. Stay with me.


• We'll get Lucy home, and then about the time Maybee tires from jumping on you and trying to eat you for a snack, we'll go back up to the school to pick up Max.


• We'll get Max home, get him a snack, and then we'll all bundle up to go to Max's football practice.


• Home for dinner.


• After dinner, I'll probably disappear to my reading lounge, i.e. the bathtub. We'll consider that your free time.


• Kids Reading time is at 8p. Lucy will need to read to you. It's her favorite thing to do. And she's got it on her schedule, so plan on it.


• Your bedtime is up to you, but we usually pass out before the kids do.

Friday

• Kids to school.


• Off to the gym! Yay!


• Swim


• Steam


• Shower


• Off to shop - you have to help me find shoes to keep my feet warm and enable that broken toe-ish gig I've got going on. Coddling is welcome. "Oh POOR YOU!" Things like that.


• And here's the other gipper, I'll probably take you to lunch if you do this next task with me - Giant Grocery Shopping Day! YAY!


• Home in time to pick up the kids.


• Drop Max off at house, take Lucy to Ballet audition.


• Home for dinner - ironically I'm usually tired from all that grocery shopping and even though the fridge is full of new yummy food, we'll probably pick up a pizza or something. I always say I'm not gonna do it. Then I always do it. Ricardo is supportive of my ironic ways.


• Start Laundry.


• Read time.


• Bed time.

Saturday

• Go to Max's Football Game


• Zoo - time for pictures with subjects that are NOT squirrels.


• We should probably bake that Ginger Apple Upside Down Cake


• Lucy will probably summon you to teach her all things sewing. Warning: She has a list.

Sunday

• I've got a new fun fancy church. No, it's not the steam room.


• Field trip to Vala's Pumpkin Patch! WHEEEE! More photo opps with all things fall.


• Lunch: Turkey legs, succotash, caramel apples and kettle corn. And usually there's soup in a bread bowl.


• Fancy Dinner and Japanese drummer gig.

Monday

• Kids to school


• Off to the gym! yay!


• Swim


• Steam


• Shower


• Steam


• You'll probably need to catch up on the sewing projects Lucy has demanded.


• Pick up kids from school - Mondays are tricky, stay with me -


• We drop Max off at home, and then bolt to dance class.


• Musical Theater, then Jazz. No, Mom - you have to watch, you can't participate. I tried one time.


• Ricardo takes Max to football practice.


• Home to make wholesome goodness.

Tuesday

• Kids to school early for orchestra


• Off to the gym - yay!


• Swim


• Steam


• Shower


• Steam


• I guess we can use the afternoon to do everything YOU want to do. Sigh.


• Pick up kids from school - leave early again to get a good parking spot so Lucy can lug that cello again.


• Kids have fun with you, Max goes to football practice.


• Finish Laundry.

Wednesday

• Kids to school.


• You make your escape.