annunziatina

Feeling overwhelmed. The house is a disaster.
After two weeks of rushing in and out for holiday-this and family-that, today the kiddos head back to school and I am back to the exciting world of job hunting and homemaking.

Though I've kept up with the basics, I had planned to get back to my schedule this week. Which kinda sorta meant doing a whole lot today and tomorrow, so that Sunday could start off like a normal week.

Of course, today the kiddos decided (as I *encouraged* them to get ready for school) that they wanted oatmeal for breakfast and pasta for lunch. So, I came home to the kitchen a mess of pots and bowls -- a mess that should not be here on a school day. A mess that would not be here if one of my goals this year wasn't to stop fighting with people over little things.
Wanting oatmeal when we're running late for pre-school = little thing.
Wanting pasta for lunch, instead of their usual jelly on toast = little thing.
The mess = a little thing.
Positives: no fights, no pouts, and we got to school on time.
Negs: I'm making myself anxious over a little thing.

Here I am, acknowledging my anxiety. And moving on with what I need to do anyway.

I wrote so much today and I have no idea how I did it.  I guess the quiet morning was the biggest asset to my productivity. 
But... can I just freak out about this for a minute?  OMG!

All squealing aside, what I deem as so much writing is a drop in the ocean to others over at Weekend Writing Marathon.  Even so, the word count was crazy for me (on a day as full as today happened to be) and I. Am. Ecstatic.

I may actually have something to put up on AO3 after this month is out. 

*Disbelief cackles over a steaming mug of Insecurity*

Well, I might!

...oh my gosh, I might.