Admission $5

Do you ever feel like your living in a circus? Do you ever want to start charging admission at your front door? I do.

Our house is a full on circus. All the time.

Seems like we always have something crazy going on and exhausted doesn't even come close to describe the amount of tired-ness running through my body at this very moment. I miss the days of having NOTHING to do, NOWHERE to go, and QUIETNESS. Where did those days go?

I need a day or five to recharge my batteries and build myself back up. I have zero motivation to do anything productive. The playroom is a great example of this. I started the redo of the playroom over a month ago and it's still in shambles. Every week I have great intentions of completing this project, it just never happens. School has sucked the ever living life right out of me and getting 8 hours of sleep on my current schedule is merely impossible, not to mention a balanced diet or any quite time.

I just need some sleep.

I am telling you, at any given point you can walk into my house right now and there is nothing but chaos going on! There will typically be a half dressed toddler running around like a mad man, a 5 month old lab puppy chewing on the corner of the wall, toys galore in every direction, and pillows, blankets, all things bedding on all floor surfaces. Every TV on a different channel and loud enough to drown out the sound coming from the one in the room next door. And Lord, please don't let the doorbell ring or it will sound like there is a bear who has been woken from hibernation is about to tear down the front door to get to whomever is on the other side. Typically the desk looks like a small paper bomb has gone off and our mailbox exploded. I am still in desperate search of a housekeeper since Maria stood us up, but I have yet to have the energy to look for another one.

I just need more sleep.

It always seems like someone is sick, mainly Jacob but always none-the-less. And if I could have one day, just one day without a headache my life would be complete. I haven't found the miracle cure for that yet but when I do I will gladly bottle it up and make millions. Hopefully Jacob's stint of illnesses will soon be coming to an end. If all those other little rug rats at his school would stay well that would help us out tremendously. Or at least if they would quit being so nice and sharing their germs all the stinking time. Highly doubtful for a room of 22 three year olds.

Maybe it's my going on 3 years of average 4-5 hours of sleep a night that make me feel like I am living in a constant circus all the time. I love our little circus but I also love me some sleep and quite time. I just want to lay on the couch and watch TV all day in my PJ's with NOTHING to do, NOWHERE to go, and QUIETNESS! The circus will continue and we will survive.

I am thankful for the messes because that means memories are being made, the noise because that means there are always people near by, and the circus because that means my family is home!

So, if you knock on  my door or ring my door bell in the next month and a little monkey pops out with a mason jar asking for $5 don't be alarmed, once inside I will most likely greet you with a "Welcome to the Circus"!