Friday........

I started a blog post last week about how TGIF isn't real. I was writing it because I was exhausted and still had mounds of laundry to do and a full weekend of refereeing children (after several days of solo refereeing the children) and at the time, Jackson had suddenly spiked a fever....

This life is a 7 day operation and there isn't a lot of time for the R&R that I keep hearing about.

I can't say that I agree with myself on this Friday.

I left work with the TGIF mindset. I turned on music and then turned it up and drove to pick up the boys without looking back.

The last couple of weeks have been overrun with challenge after challenge after challenge. Both at work and at home.

The littlest is still sick. He is still coughing and after 9 days on medicine, I don't think he is better. It looks like we will be heading back to the doctor next week unless he has an amazing recovery this weekend. He's seen 3 doctors in the last 8-9 weeks (since before Christmas).

Jackson has had some respiratory issues and I think we have them under control now but it's been a bit stressful for all of us.

When either Altman or I travel, it just throws everything off. This last week was no different. It will be weeks before full recovery. As a side note, to the hard working, single parents out there...you are amazing. Seriously. Bring your kids over sometime and I'll watch them so you can take a nap.

Work has been hard. I won't sugarcoat it. There are many challenges and we've undergone changes and while I believe we are moving in the right direction, I long for a day with no fires to put out and a few minutes to actually drink my coffee (I don't even care if I finish it...I just want to get in a few sips...)

Because of schedules, I have worked out very little this week. That is never good. I need my workouts. I need the runs to clear my head and the strength training to feel strong. And I knew that missing the workouts would make me less patient and more tired but I missed them anyway.

I'm taking this moment to acknowledge that I need a minute to just be.

The family room is a mess. There is laundry to be done. The kitchen needs to be cleaned up. But, I don't know that I am going to do a thing.

I think I am going to sit on the sofa and read. Or do nothing. The children are fed and waiting for me to give the green light to play the XBox. Altman is on his way home and he's an adult so he can take care of himself.

So maybe there is something to the TGIF afterall....if only for today.

See ya on the roads. Kristy