Term 3

Seeing 'TED' at Gold Class at Macquarie Centre.

School is back and so is the juggling act that is my life at the moment.

Picking up kids and dropping them off, feeding them, making sure that there's food in the house and clean clothes in the wardrobes, thinking about turning 40, planning lessons, presentations to peers, microphone duty, remembering what day library is and when to send Isabella to school with sneakers, putting money in her banking book, encouraging Hamish to walk, spending quality time with the kids and my beloved, having 'me' time, sewing, crafting, taking the older two to the orthodontist, organising Josh's birthday party, helping Sammy learn about skincare and grooming, watching Josh grow taller, surfing the internet, thinking about turning 40, doing yoga and chanting 'om' without laughing, being a taxi service to the kids, encouraging Isabella to do the singing class that I've paid for, going on date-night and not talking about the kids, cuddling Hamish, going to 'Zumba' class and feeling like I'm twenty again, seeing family, reading a story to Hamish without him tearing the pages, making sure we've been to the dentist twice a year, organising school resources at home, making a weekly dinner menu, eating together as a family, listening to Isabella read, thinking about turning 40, updating home and class blogs, Edmodo and school websites, reading school reports, paying for after school activities, cleaning Hamish's teeth when he stops biting on the toothbrush.

Well that birthday is coming up! I'm almost counting down the days, but trying NOT to think about turning 40. Does it mean that I'm finally a grownup? Do those little wrinkles already give the game away? What about the four kids and the husband? Do they all point to being a grownup too? Sometimes I'm not too sure! Luckily it's just a number and an excuse to spend money on me!!

So what do I want with this next decade...

hmm.....

let me see....

I do know exactly what I want with the next decade, but you'll have to wait and see.