it makes sense somehow

it's been a long week. like, really long.

the kind where, if i had the energy to think back on it, all i would remember is correcting children for the same thing over and over, only seeing pat in bed because one of us had a meeting every night, and all my good intentions to eat well and look my kids in the eye when they talk were not met.

i hardly slept last night because of the cold that is trying to take over my body. {it will not}

pat has another meeting tonight. the thought of another LLLOOONNNNGGG afternoon and evening inside while it's 2 degrees outside and making and feeding and cleaning up dinner and baths and putting them to bed all just seems like too much.

i had to come up with a plan. and this somehow made sense to me when i came up with it.

getting the 3 little boys up early from their naps so that we can pick up the 3 big kids from school in the "car riders" line (normally i walk up to the school and pick them up). leave from there to drive to another STATE (it sounds more dramatic than it is - but i feel like being dramatic) in rush hour traffic on a friday afternoon to go to a children's museum. by myself. with 6 kids. this museum normally costs $13/person. which means we would NEVER go there. BUT. one night a month, it's only $2/person from 4-7 pm! and it's tonight!

so, i have to go pack snacks for the way up there.
and pack dinner for on the way home.
{my life would be SO much easier if they would just stop eating :-)}

this could go either way...a total disaster, or a fun memory.

but, after this week? i'm willing to flip the coin and see what we get!

{oh. AND we have a winter storm on the way. hoping it holds off a few hours...}