our icicle...a portent

liberated,
brandished,
dropped,
fussed for being so cold,
and dropped...
again.



i went to bed (early...not by choice, but my body seems to think that i actually do need sleep) wednesday night, looking forward to an extra hour with eme at school (p-izza and p-unch to celebrate letter 'p' during lunchbunch!) which would mean an extra hour for me to *try* and get some writing done. the deal was that if i could get something accomplished by 1 o'clock, we would have friends over to play for a bit before we had to get lily. of course, lily was a bit miffed that she wouldn't be here.

fast-forward 11 hours (see, apparently i did need the rest)...wade is off to work, and we are none too happily dragging ourselves out of warm and cozy beds. of course, i hadn't put the last batch of clothes in the dryer (dangit, why did i fall asleep and stay sleeping until morning?! who does that??), so into the dryer go lily's khakis. but wait, the dryer is full (double dangit!). out comes that rumpled, horrible mess, and in go the pants. i am prodding groggy school children along as cate stumbles into the kitchen in need of some good-morning hugging (but wait, didn't i just sleep with you all night long?? no problem, i love to hug this sweet, cuddly child...and of course the other two, also!). hmmmm, maybe i'll quickly check email while we snuggle under my sweater-blanket.

and that's when i discover that there will be no school on this day.
i'm not even sure if i can put into words the range of my emotions.
cue the sound of plans flying out the window.

so, i didn't even come close to getting done what needed to be done today.
instead, i made a huge stack of pancakes and a big pot of hot chocolate for the girls' breakfast.
i gazed balefully at that horrible mound of clean laundry piled on top of the washing machine (and averted my eyes from the equally horrible, but not clean, pile in the hamper).
i sat at the computer for a little bit, here and there.
we had our friends over to play (and they brought yummy cookies)
the kiddos had a fantastic time and the two mommas got to visit (and enjoy the soup that not even garbage people who live in garbage land would eat).
a surprise phone call, and one more sweet kiddo was walking through our door as the other two were leaving.
more playing, more cookie-eating, lots of laughing (super grover can be exceptionally entertaining when he starts talking about pottying).
one poppa home to stay, another poppa picking up his little miss to take her home.
supper (and a quick dash to the grocery store), jammies, silly games with poppa, and an email informing us there is no school tomorrow either.
so, it was off to bed for them, and up late for me.
i have some work to do, and i am purposefully ignoring the mocking laundry.
in fact, i just shoved it all back into the dryer.
i think that i'll just re-wash and re-dry it tomorrow...we have all day.