woke up to this in the morning, should have know red sky means warning

 Somedays it would be understandable to be beyond tired, to be irritable, to be ready to collapse.  Today is one of those days yet I didn't let it zap my energy or wear me down, I literally rode the storm and went with the flow.

Today was cold, so very cold, and a storm threat has been looming over us.  We just had one storm day on Monday leaving me with having to leave work because daycare was closing, and faced with a driveway filled much too high to ignore.  The cold played havoc on my car battery and no way would it turn over this morning.  I grabbed my Northern mittens and trekked my way to work.  Mid-morning I trekked home to see if the car had any life, no luck, called school to have J come on home instead of going across town to afters chool care, and trekked back to work (stopping at the Chinese restaurant for some won ton soup).  I then left work an hour early, trekked home and met J off the school bus before braving the weather one more time to trek over to daycare to get E.  My father made the run down and hooked up a charger thing that will hopefully get my battery all ready for tomorrow.

no it's not a nice picture but it was so delicious

My crock pot baked ziti smelled amazing, one kid was hungry NOW, one kid demanded she was NOT EATING THAT.  After 2/3's of us ate I noticed E's hands which were dry and eczema like for the past couple of weeks had now cracked open and were bleeding.  Not having anything in the house that was doing the trick, I called the after hours walk in to find it just starting.  Another call to father to come drop us off at the walk in, since the battery was still charging, and a doctors visit later we have some new cream.

small town can mean no waiting at walk ins

poor little hand

 A busy day.  Homework, valentine writing, kitchen clean, hands creamed, skip bath, pick out clothes, go to bed 15 minutes early because the flow of the evening was progressively going that direction, and here I sit in the quiet and professionally cleaned home relaxing and not feeling an ounce of stress for the day I put in, the extra things thrown at me, the obstacles I encountered, and the things I'll face tomorrow.

my treat tonight is banana chocolate ice cream.  Frozen bananas, almond milk, cocoa powder, a handful of chocolate chips