**Sigh**

I’m in one of those funks where I’m bored, but I don’t want to do anything.  I’m hungry, but I don’t want to fix anything.  I’m kinda lonely, but I don’t want to talk to anyone.  My house is messy and it’s bugging me, but I don’t want to clean it.  I want to revamp the look of this blog, but I don’t have the patience to work on it.  Ugh.  What a slug!  Good thing my mom reads this – it’s just about the only motivation I have to do an update right now. 

I kinda wonder if my funk is related to the fact that the kids all went back to school today and my husband headed out of town.  I feel like a deflated tire!  But a contentedly lazy deflated tire.  As in, no need to pump me up.  I’ll still be here tomorrow.  Stick some air in me then.

I wasn’t such a lazy lump yesterday.  In fact, I think I did a pretty good imitation of the Greatest Mom Ever.  I took my oldest daughter to the mall to check out a store called Steve & Barry’s.  I’ve heard so much about it, I wanted to see what the hype was for.  It’s a pretty good store, I’m sure we’ll go back.  It seems like a slightly trendier (and slightly cheaper, if you can believe it) Old Navy.  She got an adorable outfit – teen AND mom friendly – and we had an enjoyable time together.  We even brought my 6yr old son along, which was a huge feat of generosity on my daughter’s part.  He had expressed his utmost desire to spend some time with her, so she decided to share her mommy-time with him, and he was very pleased.  I made the outing complete when I bought them some cheese curds and rootbeer from A&W.

Then I came home to rouse the other kids from their last-day-of-vacation stupor (at 12:30!!!) and, after picking up my son’s friend, we went to a nearby park.  This park is an interesting set-up:  it has a large pond/small lake stocked with fish for fishing, bike and jogging trails, 2 free 18-hole mini-golf courses, and a free community center with an indoor pool and fitness room.  They even offer free fitness classes in the center!  We stayed there (the 6 kids and I) for TWO HOURS while the kids played BOTH courses of mini golf, walked around the pond/lake, and played on the playground.  It was a pretty good time, and even the baby cooperated.

Today, in keeping with my Lazy Lucy attitude that began at dawn, I did just about NOTHING.  Nothing in terms of “great mom” material.  I went to lunch with a friend, enjoyed great conversation, came home and vegged on the computer, vegged some more at the tv, briefly helped my 9yr old understand equivalent fractions, then took them all out to Wendy’s to eat (reminder:  husband is out of town!).  I did stick some cookie dough in the oven, so I think that might count for something.  I also did scripture study with the kids before sending them up for showers and bedtime.  Hey, now that I think about it, giving my children chocolate, the gospel, and good personal hygeine tips still DOES make me a “great mom” after all!