guess i'm feeling irritable

because i'm thinking about how tired i am of summer...

it's just so damned hot...

and there's no structure...it's all so willy-nilly...the kids are always asking me if they can do everything? can we buy some candy? can we have ice cream? can i go outside? can i get a kleenex? can i sit on the toilet seat?... ugh... i like i better when we have a routine and they all just know what to do without asking... and all that asking means so much talking and how is a mama supposed to think with all that talking going on?....

and did i mention how freaking hot it is? like, if it's outside and you don't do it before ten or after seven, you'll probably get a heat stroke...

and we're going camping...what was i thinking? there have been so many errands to run and so much stuff to buy...camping gets expensive when you only do it every year or two and lend out your stuff or lose it and then don't have what you need.

ok, this is getting whiny instead of irritable. it's probably the heat getting to me...

we've been busy since we got up and we're just taking a small break before we get busy for the rest of the day....it's actually going quite well. i think we'll be ready when it's time to go. (although my bil wants me to leave here at three in the morning and you tell me who the hell's ready at three in the morning...) but we're making good progress. if we can get the things on the list done for today, i think we'll be pretty smooth from here out... wish us luck!
peace

ps--julie walker did great. i am told she is looking great and her first words out of anaesthesia were about whether or not her son had fed their dogs and whether her daughter had written thank you notes...or something like that. i hope if i am ever coming out of anaesthesia with someone in the room to hear me, well, that i just don't say anything. but thank you for the prayers and positive thoughts and energy...it worked.

pps--ok, i'll be quiet. after whining about the heat and summer and such, i read this story. i mean geez, the whole olympics coming, you're trying to clean up stuff, deal with civil protests, what not and then bam...more trouble... makes me laugh because i feel like i can relate... (i'm sure china deeply appreciates my understanding...snort)