- HOW DO YA'LL DO IT?? -

i feel like such a failure most days here lately - we've 5 kiddos, but only 4 live here (16, 5, 4 & 3) so you'd think with only 4 children here, i'd be able to remember who needs what & on what day of the week they need it, right???... WRONG!!! - they all go to different schools, different days & different times, for example:

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brit: m, t, w, th, f (6:30 - 3 / rides the bus both ways)

kiara: m, t, w, th, f (8 - 11 / rides the bus to school, but i pick her up)

ruby: m, t, w (6:30 - 4 / rides the bus both ways)

karleigh: t, th (9 - 1 / i take her to school & i pick her up)

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i've got to remember everyday not only get all the kids off to school, but also to get them home (via: getting them off the bus, being here for them when they arrive on the bus or picking them up at school - which i recently forgot one OOOPS, sorry karleigh!)

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i've also got to remember magic mondays for kiara, which's a folder of activities to do with the kids on monday night & return on tuesday morning

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i've got to remember to return kiara's library books on tuesday as it's library day & she'll not be allowed to check more out if she doesn't return the ones we have

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i've got to remember on thursdays to send a show & share (AKA show & tell) with kiara & karleigh, but it needs to correspond with the 'letter of the week'

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then on friday's i've got to remember to take brit to school at 6 for FCA (she does remember to remind me!!)

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i'm not kidding, i don't usually get jangled about things like this, but schedules are a must for me & i don't like 'not' having one or it not going as i'd planned (what's in the planner, must come off at the right time as it's 'in the planner', right?) - i'm not to good at rolling with the punches & taking what's thrown my way (spike, no comments K? - & yes, i said that with snip!) - i like things to go as planned, on time, everybody happy, perky, no snip involved, things to look good, orderly, etc., but guess what... these days, i'm anything but what's listed above GRRR

- Lori - [keep smilin']