now THIS is me!

My purpose is not to gloat but to make myself feel good.

The sun was shining today. Wonderfully. Well. Good. Warm. I only had to wear one layer. That says a lot.

So what did I accomplish today? (enter sinister laugh here)

1. Got up, showered, checked blogs, dressed, unloaded dishwasher, made breakfast, ate my breakfast and my llama-bucks by 6:45.

2. Monkeys up by 7. Dressed (easy as today was Pijama Day at La Princesita's school), fed, brushed, combed, out the door all by 8:30.

3. To Home Depot by 9:10. Out by 9:30. Air filters, light bulbs and landscaping stone bought.

4. Cut back herb garden, removed old falling-down retaining "thing" and put in new beautiful and reeeeeally preeeeeety stone before getting Princesita at 11:20. Brought extra thyme to office staff at her school. Made lots of smiles happen.

4.5. Talked to Other Queen from Neighboring Village for about 15 minutes on phone. Called endologist who wondered why I didn't show up for my appointment that I had phoned and cancelled last week...where are our heads, people??? Come on, work with me.

5. Pick up The Young Prince by noon. To the Other Home Depot to try to find more landscaping stone, none encountered but my mother's day/birthday wish list made note of to La Princesita. She will not forget. Home by 12:30.

6. Fed the monkeys. Outside in the grass for a picnic in the sun. Could feel the luuuuuve.

7. Cleaned up herb garden, weeded, swept driveway, then proceeded to edge the entire front yard.

8. Student--AGH! 1 hour break--for work. (a-hem)

9. Back out to the garden to clean up for an hour. Realize the children are not outside, so go inside and yell at spouse for having them inside and watching television on such a beautiful day. Back outside, hula-hoop for a while (yes, I've still got it) and then in to make dinner (pesto pasta with italian sausage and salad--of course)

10. Eat dinner. Emails. Got another job in to finish up final details for transcript I did in December. Showered, dressed, printed students' work, corrected it for class tonight.

11. Watch Spanish news on Univisión while writing this and wondering what the f*** is going to happen now between Venezuela, Colombia and el Ecuador de mi corazón (I lived there 16 years ago).

12. Class at 7, then I have a date with a glass of wine to celebrate my wonderfully productive day. It is AMAZING what I can do once the sun shines.

I LOVE SPRING!