I'm a mom... but I can still be spontaneous!

After enduring a few years of, in many ways (except financial, phew!) a life of single motherhood, as Bill traveled back and forth from his Puerto Rican baby (the hotel he was building) - we decided to pick up our family and move there for the duration of the project. The decision came on Saturday - and we were to leave a week later. This blog tracked our experiences as we left our home in CT, withdrew our kids from school, left our puppy in the care of a trusted dog-lover, left the snow and the rat race and the routine... for a beautiful, rather remote island. I hoped to allow my friends & family to track our progress (or lack thereof?) as we lugged our stuff to one of the few remaining places that does not have a Starbucks, the kids and I embarked on our first ever homeschooling experience (I'd always thought homeschoolers were aliens), and I happily moved my triathlon training from the pool, trainer & dreadmill to what basically amounts to paradise. Most of all, I hoped my blogging will push others to step out of their comfort zone and try something they always swore "NEVER!" to do. (Of course, hopefully it's not something destructive).

So now, we are back in CT after our 3 surreal months in Vieques. In no time whatsoever my day became jam-packed with activities and tasks, but somehow it feels "right" in the way that the nothingness of Vieques felt "right." I suppose that's how you know you're following your bliss - and where you do it becomes irrelevant.

Thanks for visiting!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

T-3

My day:
7am wake up (decided I needed my sleep more than a workout, after all these 1am bedtimes)

8:30am fight kids into winter clothing because much to our shock, a blizzard had started (don't think it was in the forecast, but I haven't watched the news in ages since my brain is already in Vieques and I've no interest in Tiger & Elin, Democrats vs. Republicans, Leno vs. Conan...

8:45am kids are off on the bus

9:00am Penny the Puppy & I are off to Teresa, who will keep Penny for us for the 2-3 months we're gone, as long as Penny passes the interview

9:15am Stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic as CT drivers still learn to drive in snow

9:40am finally arrive at Teresa's pet grooming salon. Penny is initially submissive among all the dogs but within 1 minute happily enters the chaos

9:45am stuck in traffic again, cancel my meeting with fellow life coach and instead have delightful phone meeting

10:15am arrive home and get flurry of phone calls about schools having early dismissal. Thank the dear Lord that William is in day care on Thursdays after the stupid half day of kindergarten, so I can still pack etc

10:20am - 12:00pm pack up 5 boxes of books, magazines, board games, homeschooling materials, nutritional supplements, netipot, fuel belt... and gobble down PB&J & glass of milk

12:15pm meet with Jackie's outstanding 3rd grade teacher to get some more materials

12:45pm fight back tears as I watch Jackie's classmates not want to let go of her

1:00pm head to shipping place with Jackie, ship all our stuff, amused when she hears the clerk say "it will arrive in about a week" and Jackie gleefully realizes she doesn't have much work to do (she thinks) until the boxes arrive

1:20pm stop at KMart to load up on dog food and get Jackie ballet slippers for Saturday's Jungle Book performance

1:45pm-3:00pm Fold laundry, check to do list, cancel Feb pediatrician appointments

3:00pm head over to pick up Penny, who has been having the time of her life and now has a new BFF, a weimaraner named Jewel

4:00pm pick up Willo from day care

4:30pm drop off kids at Colette's house

4:40pm take Penny to vet for bordatella shot

5:15pm leave Penny at home

5:45pm head out to coaching appointment

7:00pm back at Colette's for kids. Decide to stay and have a glass of wine, slice of pizza, and chat with a great friend while Jackie & Willo entertain her stunning 3-yr-old twins

8:15pm head home with 2 very tired children. Bedtime.

8:30pm look at the piles of laundry and decide to create this blog instead, while listening to "Hope for Haiti" soundtrack

10:00pm very relieved that I will for a few months not have to worry about Bill driving home from the airport in the middle of the night, on icy roads

OK, off to tackle laundry and survey my summer clothing situation. Good night!



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