Somebody please slow down the clocks

[la_rainette]

Sorry, but as much as I'd like to, I'm not really following LJ these days. I am trying to be a full-time mom while working full-time as a translator from home, and I end up experiencing the terrible frustration of not being able to do anything really right. *sighs and bites nails*

Good thing I didn't bring Froglet to school last Friday: out of the 26 kids in her class, 6 threw up, and so did the phys. Ed. teacher. So now I am hoping that no-one in our family is sick this week. Next week, I don't care, but not this week, because it's Tadpole's birthday tomorrow, and she has her party on Saturday. *crosses fingers*

In the meanwhile, I kept both girls home on Monday again, cos hey, so much snow I couldn't get the car out, and we found a little time to make a creative contemporary sculpture in the backyard. It started out as a mountain, as I kept heaping snow with my shovel, and the girls made a good-sized model of mount Kilimandjaro. Then it became a snow-lady, when Froglet carefully installed a big snowball on the summit of mini-Kilimandjaro. She added stones for eyes, "from my Collection of Shiny Rocks"*, she said, and branches for arms (I refrained from pointing out that with the twigs on the branches, the snow-lady had either too many hands or not enough fingers).

And then we added tiny twigs for hair (exactly 16, cos we counted), and now the sculpture looks like an albino hedgehog on a molehill. Contemporary art, I tell you.

*Froglet once caught me red-handed as i was emptying her pockets and getting rid of all the tiny stones she kept in there.
Froglet: MOM! What are you doing?
rainette: I am getting rid of these stones. They mess up the washing-machine. Why?
Froglet *wails* They're not STONES! That's my Collection of Shiny Rocks!
rainette: woops. Sorry, sweetie.
So now I know better than to throw rocks, pinecones, broken plastic toys, multi-coloured pieces of paper, etc. away.


In other news, Tadpole is fed up with brushing her teeth.

rainette: Tadpole. It's time to go brush your teeth.
Tadpole: don't want to.
rainette: TADPOLE.
Tadpole: OK, OK, OK. But only ONE tooth. Not two. Only one.
rainette *giggles*
Tadpole *is off to brush her tooth*

OMG, so many things to do, so little time! *flees*

Comments

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

oh, les cutes! happy birthday to the tadpole!

[l33tminion]

Nay, more cute! (I never can resist, can I...)

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

*cracks up* No, you can't. But that is why we love you.

oh and by the way: please give me the solution to the Infinite Hotel Problem? I don't think I am going to figure that out by myself

[l33tminion]

Solution posted in the relevant thread.

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

Thank you :D

Not enough time for anything

[jennikinns.livejournal.com]

I know how frustrating it is to feel like you don't have enough time to do anything as well as you know, in theory, you could. A little guilt because you feel like everything deserves better and a lot of frustration because you WANT to be able to do everything perfectly. Just know that you're doing your best, and don't let yourself feel (or be made to feel) guilty about what has to slide. I've always admired you as a mother and I have no doubts about your talents for everything else in your life! Best of luck and keep smiling!

Re: Not enough time for anything

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's exactly it. And thank you, very much, for your kind words.

[notions.livejournal.com]

Oh, I really hope no one gets sick! It seems the whole world has become diseased.

Also : Happy Birthday Tadpole!

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

Thank you! We are keeping our fingers crossed, too (so far, no-one is sick, and judging by the way Tadpole is looking at the yummy chocolate cake we will eat in Celebration of her birthday tonight, she is feeling fine. A tiny bit hungry, even :D )

[seshat1.livejournal.com]

Whee Happy Birthday to Tadpole! *huge hugs*

Sorry you are so busy - it's strange you not being around :(

Hope everything is less crazy at some point in the future (unlikely, I know, but still). *hugs* xxxx

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *hugs back*

Yes, it feels strange to me, too. I am just really overwhelmed these days, but it should be over when I am done with the HUGE PROJECT I am curently working on.

I miss you! xxxx

[seshat1.livejournal.com]

Eek, huge project sound incredibly scary, hope it finishes up soon!

I miss you too *snuggles* Come back to us soon!! =D

[terrylj.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday to Tadpole! I hope everybody's OK. Pass along the bear hugs to her for me!

I know how you feel about not having enough time. And as much as we like to see you around LJ, your kids come first. (And your real life. We do still have real lives, don't we?) So don't feel bad if you don't get to spend much time online.

On the other hand, you have to have some "me time", or you'll burn out. So...we'll see you around, then? :D :D

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

Thank you *hugs back*

And uh, yes. :D You are right, LJ is my Personal Time and Space to relax. ;)

[levi.livejournal.com]

Yay, happy birthday to Tadpole!!

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

Thank you :D She is having a grand day.