It's Too Soon for Winter Blues...

Yes, they had their hands washed after this.

Tomorrow the realtor is coming by to look over house before we put it up for sale. Today I woke up knowing there was still a lot of cleaning and de-junking I wanted to do before she came. I also woke feeling lousy and haven't decided if I've caught the flu or pulled a stomach muscle when I was kickboxing yesterday. The boys woke up with a disgusting amount of energy. They must have known I watched the movie Limitless last weekend and want me to feel even more inadequate with my ability to keep up with them in particular, and life in general. David accidentally left for work with my van key, so no groceries or grocery shopping which was #1 on my list for the day. The weather decided to join the fun by falling from the mid-70s to the mid-30s. Throw in some rain and mud and there's no outdoor outlet for little boys with gobs of energy. In between trying to keep them from pulling all the eggs out of the refrigerator AGAIN, stopping them from drinking straight from the water filter (new trick), unwrapping the Christmas presents, and traumatizing the cat, I had an epiphany: redirect this energy into something that might be useful to me. Consequently I taught them how to wash windows today. They were pretty good at it. We moved into the guest bathroom and they loved scrubbing the toilet and cleaning the mirrors. This day might be survivable after all!