The Family Circus

I am used to writing blog posts late at night… around midnight when everyone else is in bed. The trouble is, my mind is now fried several hours before midnight. More like around noon.  And, I’ve got nothing. I’ve tried to write a post for the last three days, and I can’t finish my sentences. My writing is as messy as our house {which is a whole other story in and of itself}. I keep finding myself just staring at the computer in some sort of stupor.

But, I don’t want to give up on this just yet. In so many ways, this blog is one of my life lines to the outside world, and that has tremendous value when you’re in a season that makes you feel a bit disconnected from other adults. I might go so far as to say it’s therapeutic.

So, if you can stand to bear with me, I’m going to keep at it knowing that its quality {if there was ever any quality to it} will be directly linked to the amount of coffee I consume and/or sleep I acquire. Presently, things aren’t looking too promising on that front!

The Spouse observed when he got home tonight and we were trying to clean dinner up, start baths, pack lunches, etc., that it’s like we’re running a circus around here… only a circus might be more organized.

I feel like that was a pretty astute observation.

Here’s what we had going on in one ring…

In ring two we had the Toddler…