chasing my tail

Do you ever feel like you just can't catch up?

Like, for instance, I usually have a list of 5 or so things to do at home after work in the 2 hours I have from the time I leave work to the time Joe and Noah get home from work/Grandmama's. I feel like every day lately I am ready to do stuff immediately after school, but then I realize that I have to run by my church office/go to the grocery store/have a rehearsal and 9 times out of 10, Joe and Noah beat me home and I get ZERO things on that to-do list done... nor do I have dinner even figured out.

Which makes no sense because I just had spring break, which I should have spent checking things off the to-do list and planning for the weeks to come, but instead my dad came to visit from Nashville (only his 3rd or 4th visit since Noah was born) and we just hung out and then did Easter things.

... and ate banana bread my dad made.

we worked on our letters a little,

blew bubbles,

and hunted Easter eggs.

So now I'm a week past spring break, having still not finished projects I started then and making lists of new projects to do (like these Mothers Day corsages or this beach bag)... or spending time on ye old pinterest. Did I mention that those quilts that I agonized over fabric selection are still just stacks of fabric? Or that I need to have them finished the first week of June?

Eh, you can't win 'em all.

Happy (2 weeks after) Easter!

... and hey teachers (and those of us moonlighting as "real" teachers)- summer's not so far off. 19 and 2 half days left in this school year. I pray that summer will bring the ability to get back into my regular at-home routine quickly and I will feel more organized and in control of everything around me- because right now I'm just hanging on.