pre-Easter blues

One would think that, with weather greatly improving, temperatures above 70F/20C, sunshine abounding, and flowers bursting forth in full bloom that only smiles and happy thoughts could result. This has just not been one of those weeks, however. Although working out in the garden each day this week, planting new flowers and ripping up grass for the new vegetable garden this summer, that has not brought the immense pleasure it usually grants my soul. Instead, the highlight thus far this week occured yesterday, when I decided that class should meet outside on the lawn instead of in the classroom. The students were able to amazingly remain on-task and focused on each activity, and the fresh air did us all a great deal of good. This impromptu change of scenery was facilitated by the fact that I was not, obviously, planning on using my stereo in neither class yesterday.

And there remains so much to do between now and Easter--it has become much like Christmas in that sense, in that it sneaks up on me and then, SURPRISE, I only have 4 days to get everything done. Fortunately for Easter Day I have no responsibility but to get the children and MQE dressed for Church, and to drive them all to M&P's house for Easter Brunch--we decided this year that, considering the age of our two youngest boys, it would be much more pleasurable for the mommys (not to mention a lot less waste of good money) to not, in fact, go out for Easter Brunch but to eat in instead. P is a professional chef by education, so all I have to do is bring the champagne for mimosas. I suppose that is something to anticipate.

Then we have our 4th annual Easter Egg hunt and potluck lunch on Saturday at my house. It is always quite an event. Fortunately the weather promises to be absolutely splendid this year, so we are going to set up the food outside in the backyard instead of inside the dining room--less of a housecleaning mess should thus result, right? We shall see.

With two doctor appointments on Friday to see how MQE's back is healing, the end of the week is really rather full.

I think part of my problem now is that I am simply exhausted. C is no longer napping, and is not sleeping well at night, either. For hours on end in the middle of the night he tosses and turns and whimpers and whines and I can't get any sleep. Plus, I feel mentally and emotionally drained. If I could just hide myself away somewhere and sleep for a week, I would in a heartbeat. But then...no meals would be made, no laundry would be done, no house would be cleaned and no diapers would be changed... not to mention my schoolwork! So I guess that an escape is out of the question.

Funny...we were just looking at a yoga pamphlet at our local burger joint on Saturday, and MQE just now brought down a copy of that same foleto that was delivered to our doorstep. Hmm...is this a sign?