Thinking about What's Next

I am still recovering from our erratic sleep patterns over the holidays.  We went to bed late and we woke up late.  Some days we'd go to bed late and we'd wake up early because the kid were already up.  Last night I stayed up late watching David Letterman.  The man is a genius.  No question about it.  I fell asleep on the couch and woke up at 4:30 a.m. with my glasses still on. Ouch.  My nose was hurting.  Tonight I am going out with friends and plan to be home no later than 10pm so I can get back into schedule.

I want to wake up early every day and help David get the kids ready for school.  He manages quite well without me, but I like seeing them off in the morning.  I make their lunches and their breakfast.  They want breakfast tacos EVERY day.  In order to do that I have to get up by 5:30 a.m. as they are ready to go by 6.  I know I need at least 8 hours of sleep at night so I really should be going to bed by 9:30pm, but that sounds SO early!

I also want to start planning to have no errands to run at least two days out of the week. Mondays I usually reserve for getting the house back in order. It usually works out well. I would like Thursdays to be desk days -- the day I set aside for writing thank you cards, letters, clipping coupons, planning menus, and anything else that requires sitting at a desk.  

I also want to do more activities with Isabella.  She is currently enrolled in Little Gym. She loves it, but the stuff they do is so basic anyone can do it. Is it better to go to the park and bring along bubbles, a couple of balls, and hula hoop? I think I might just skip that class next semester. It would save us a lot of money. I want to take her to Bilingual Happy Hour at the library. I want to take her to the park more. I want to take her to museums. I want to go hiking with her; take her strawberry-picking; and do all the stuff I used to do with Daniel when he was my only one at home.  It seems I don't do those things with her during the day because I am always running around volunteering at school or doing something for the other kids and I feel she's getting short-changed. 

I also need to start sketching out my plan for getting back to work by the fall.  Part of me wants to teach, but part of me wants to go back to what I was doing before (government IT manager). I have been out of the workforce for almost five years.  I need to start researching the latest trends in government IT.  I need to narrow down what state and city agencies I might consider working for.  I need to look up alums at those places that I can set up informational interviews with. The list goes on.  I must write it down and lay out a plan or the next few months are going to fly by and I am going to be stuck doing it during my last summer at home with the kids.

I love sunny mornings!  They are so invigorating!  Gotta go get started on my todo list for today...

TTYL.