School has started.. so why can't I find my bon bons....



So I have been struggling this week with a new phase in my life. Kids are in school... all three for at least 4 days a week. Reagan started her Transitional Kindergarten program last week and it is Mon - Thurs. from 9-2. You would think I would be shouting from the roof tops.. scheduling a massage, pedi, mani, hair, lunch.. you name it.. I am free.. for 5 hours Monday - Thursday.. put up my feet.. and get ready for easy street.. and yet its nothing like that. I have been really looking at my week.. this has been the first full week of this new schedule. .and to be honest I am more tired then I was last year. I am going non stop while she is at school to get all that I need to get done.. done in that time frame. As well as getting ready for when they all come home, cause that's when it really gets fun. Between 2 different instruments, 3 sports, 2 dance classes and 2 church activity groups...we keep on our toes.. add in homework and a home cooked meal and well I am spent come 9pm. I realized as I went visiting teaching this month, that we (women) are to be anxiously engaged in a good cause. This really stood out in my mind this week, I have felt guilty dropping Reagan off.. but I have learned that she is where she needs to be, instead of be drug around errand to errand.. she is actively learning at school, and she loves it. I have learned that cleaning the house, shopping and preparing for meals, is a good cause for my family. I won't lie and say that in all the craziness I didn't squeeze in a lunch here or there, and find time to work out everyday.. but I will say it was for a good cause.. my mental health! So as I start this crazy new phase, and try to balance my time during the day to maximize my time when they are home.. I know there will be good days and bad days.. but this I know.. there are no bon bons here!!