Yesterday was a DAY!

 So ...

Ten years ago I had 8 children under the age of 14.  Daniel was a baby and Sarah was a very, very busy 2 year old.

Ten years ago, and fifteen years ago, and even twenty years ago, I woke up early and hit the floor running. I was busy most of the day. There were always a million things to do and kids needing me for a myriad of reasons.

The last few years have been way easier in terms of sheer physical requirements. All the children can get their own water and they are largely independent in terms of putting clothes on and off and they even do a lot of the work around here.

Which is good, because I couldn't do it all myself.  Impossible!

Of course, older kids have needs too!  I spend a lot more time talking about life and also the teaching is more strenuous. By that, I mean, that when I need to teach something, it is usually harder stuff.  Most of the kids are fairly independent.

Anyway.

Yesterday reminded me of a decade ago.  I got up and spent some time with the Lord, and then it was one thing after another.  Sarah needed help with math, and Daniel needed help with writing. I am finishing up one of my own books and I was working on final edits. At 11 or so I got hungry and made myself my usual salad. I reached into the refrigerator and grabbed the salad dressing, and it was wedged in with a container of barbecue sauce.  Barbecue sauce fell out and hit just wrong, sending barbecue sauce everywhere.

Well, I guess the floor had to be washed?

A lot?

Kevin had to move the refrigerator so I could get in there and get the last bits.  Ugh!

The kids have game time on the computers after lunch every day, and I worked away on final edits for my book. Then I worked with Angela to get her sorted out for College Credit Plus. She took a placement test on Wednesday and did well enough to be accepted for normal English classes.

(No surprise there.  She is a smart cookie.)

Naturally nothing was easy.  We needed an acceptance letter to submit to the College Credit Plus site. It took us a long time to find it because the Clark State website, which is actually very good, was either not quite helpful enough or I was too frustrated to make good decisions.

Eventually, we got the acceptance letter, and I uploaded it and hit submit so... the CCP app is done for the year. Hooray!

By evening, I was a mass of stress.  It was weird really. Just SO stressed. Too much hopping from one thing to another all day, struggling and battling stuff...

Life is usually easier these days, and I am grateful.