janradder

--Woken up at 5am by my youngest who had a bad dream.

--Fell asleep at 7 or so to be woken by the alarm at 7:30 and the sound of thumping feet and shouting downstairs from the boys.

--Yelled at the boys for waking me up with their thumping and shouting yet again only to have them laugh at me.

--Spent the morning nagging Arie to get dressed, eat, brush teeth, and get ready for school instead of staring at his bare feet, or the empty bowl in front of him, or his reflection in the mirror, or the running water . . .

--Walked the boys to the garage and nagged them into the car only to discover that the car's battery died in the cold.

--Called Haddayr home to drive the boys to school.

--Drove the boys to school with Haddayr, then the two of us spent the next half hour pushing the car out of the garage over the ice so we could jump start it.

--Found that the kitchen window with the cracks running through it had finally broke completely.

--Carefully repaired the window with duct tape.

--Found out that the writing assignments I thought were due tomorrow were in fact due today.

And it's not yet noon.