I am an adult who can count reasonably well, and EVERY YEAR the end of February/beginning of March leaves me wrong-footed. Like, you guys. February has only 2 or 3 fewer days than the other months. WHY does a 28-day-month throw me off by a whole WEEK?
All of the sudden, it is time for Dorothy's birthday party THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, and my mom is coming to visit. Have I prepared AT ALL? No. Literally ALL I have done is order a cake from Costco.
And! I have 2 days of all-day f2f meetings to end the week and ZERO FREE TIME to do my USUAL things, let alone EXTRA things. ** head exploding emoji** I thought these meetings were next week in March.
My extreme level of FRANTIC is no doubt exacerbated by last weekend's general fecklessness. Like, I really just need a day to reset the house and figure out my life, you know? But! Our feckless weekend! Was really fun.
Ben and Cooper headed to the north woods for a 3-day hockey tournament (the other team from our club who went to the tournament has a pretty widespread COVID outbreak (SEVEN FAMILIES), but Ben swears the two teams stayed in different part of the lodge, played on different schedules, and didn't really hang out, so cross your fingers). Harry and Jack had a speech tournament several hours away (that was supposed to be an overnight tourney, meaning the girls and I could join in on the Up Nort' hockey, but then the speech tournament changed to a single-day bus trip, so we were suddenly left alone in Madison ALL DAY Saturday). Dorothy and Minnie and I headed to a local hotel to swim, eat junk food under the covers, etc, and reunite with the boys when they got home Saturday night. Harry reffed 2 hockey games early Sunday morning, so the other 3 kids and I went back to the hotel to eat donuts and play in the pool some more. ben and Coop got home by dinner time, and we did the bare minimum to get ready for the week: plan meals, fill out our weekly calendar, put away a grocery order, clean bathrooms.
I feel like we have been playing catch up ever since, and this is only going to get more regular as Cooper starts traveling greater distances for dive meets (autocorrect changed this to meats, and I am still laughing); the speech season soldiers on, and Dorothy's dance season kicks into high gear. AND LET US NOT DISCUSS TRAVEL BASEBALL, LITTLE LEAGUE, HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS, or SPRING HOCKEY TRYOUTS.
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| Pool ready— LOL at Minnie’s face |
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| Waiting for the bucket of water to dump on her. This is my least favorite water feature ever, BTW. Some of the water parks in the Dells have GIANT buckets, and it’s just, like, so unpleasant. |
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| She went down this slide for 3 solid hours, |
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| Pizza on and then in the bed— the best pizza is bed pizza. |
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| Jack! |
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| Also donuts! (We slept at home, BTW) |
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| LOVE this suit |
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| MOAR SLIDE |
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| Total water baby |
I am with you on the water bucket. WORST THING EVER. I hate, hate, hate water on my face so this is literally my worst nightmare in terms of a water park feature. We have a little (outdoor/summer) waterpark in town that has a giant bucket and I get queasy watching all the kids race to stand under that bucket. I would do just about anything in this sweet world to avoid having water dumped on my head!
ReplyDeleteSO UNPLEASANT. And Dorothy like ZOOMS across the pool when she sees it getting ready to tip so she doesn't miss a single soaking. WTH?
DeleteIt all sounds SO BUSY. I am sure you will bust out a great birthday party, but yikes, I get you on feeling behind. Not fun. The weekend, however, sounds amazing. Look at how much fun your little water sprites are having!
ReplyDeleteIt WAS fin, but now I have to do all of the things. I think I need more house robots.
Delete**fun
DeleteOh yes, we've been to splash pads/pools w/ the giant buckets of water. Who likes that? Surely it was designed by someone who doesn't have kids? Or has never actually played in the water?
ReplyDeleteI think because Paul's bday is 3/1 the start of March is top of mind for us since we start talking about his birthday right after mine (which is 2/6). But February is such a short month and can really trick a person. I am glad I had the foresight to plan Paul's party the weekend after his birthday. I was wiped last weekend after back-to-back weeks of travel and then there was puking to contend with.
I love how much of a water baby Minnie is! Will was not into splash pads last year, even though we did mom/baby swimming lessons. I hope he warms up to the water in the next year or so. It took Paul quite awhile to get into the water, though. Will isn't tentative about anything else, though, so maybe by this summer he'll be into the water.
SO SMART to do the party after the bday-- we did Dorothy's ahead this year and will probably NOT do that again-- she is 3/15.
DeleteGenerally I buy birthday cards for any given month during the first week of the month at our local Hallmark store. But March does not allow that because we have cards that need to be sent for birthdays on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. But March comes FAST, as you point out, and those cards are almost always late. Another three days and those cards would (probably) arrive in time. On the other hand, I'm not mad that February is short. Spring arriving sooner isn't a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right. Especially in WI-- it's a good month to shortchange.
DeleteMy daughter's birthday is February 7th and every year it catches me off guard and feels TOO SOON after Christmas. That two or three days really does make a disproportionate difference. Weekend sounds so fun but exhausting! Fully agree about bed pizza (and chips)
ReplyDeleteI only like bed pizza if it's not a bed I have to make or launder
DeleteI feel the same about the transition from February to March... and there are so many March birthdays (including my own). HOW is it March already?
ReplyDeleteI am glad I am not the only one!
DeleteWhat is it with family birthday clusters? I SWEAR every family has them?!? Hope you're hanging in there. And sorry for the f2f meetings. That... well, that sucks. sorry.
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