It's Supposed to be Musical Monday But...

I am not feeling terribly musical today. This may be because I spent 8+ hours in a car with two teenaged girls on Saturday, and we sang our hearts out to the crazy mix that makes up my iPod.  So if you happened to be puttering along on I 35 this weekend, you might have seen us.  I am sure we were a sight!

Today has been a very typical "Monday."

~Somehow I didn't get my alarm set properly (how many days of how many years have I been setting this exact same alarm, anyway?) so I overslept.

~6:30~Brian left for yet another business trip to sunny CA.  

~8:00am~Bella had an appointment with the vet to get stitches removed from her back paws.  This was supposed to be a "free" visit.  Suture removal comes billed with the surgery procedure.  Not for this "free" dog of ours.  $13 for the "lampshade" that she had to wear for the past two weeks to keep her from licking/biting/removing her stitches early.  $3 for her license (this is infinitely better than the $20 they want for a doggie that still has her "girly parts").  And as I was walking out the door..."How are you guys on heart worm medication?"  $47 for a six-month supply of heart worm medicine.  Did I mention how much I love my nice clean, healthy, CHEAP CATS???

~9:30am~M had an orthodontist appointment.  More money, 2 hours, and bottom braces later, I dropped her off at school with a "You'll be fine" as she jumped out of the car looking like a thundercloud.  Apparently metal and pain don't make for a happy kid.  My "mercy meter" was just a little low as I was in the middle of a 

~10:30am phone conference with J's education specialist, which I took while driving down rural roads to M's school...just praying I would continue to get cell phone service.  What on earth did we DO before people could get in touch with us at any minute of any day?

Is anyone noticing what hadn't happened yet today?  Yup.  School had not yet happened by 11am.  Nice.

~11:30am~Crammed two quick language arts lessons and lunch in before...

~12:30pm~My weekly staff collaboration meeting that lasts until 2pm.

~2:15pm~Thought it might be prudent to see how bad the hair looked...yes...very bad...but nothing I could do as I needed to return a phone call and...

~2:30pm~Get N to his guitar lesson

~3:00pm~Grabbed J and headed out to get M from school to take them to their dance studio for "The Never-Ending Night of Dance, Part I" (Part II is tomorrow).

And this is where I now sit...overwhelmed by all that there still is to do at home, and completely exhausted and just wanting to crash when I get there.

I am praying for a much calmer tomorrow.