MY BOGGY BLOG: find your way through the murk

Blissful Awareness

Okay, so I was up till 1:30 AM with sleep over
happenings (mainly making sure my sons got to bed so at least someone
would get some sleep), and even though I slept in till 9:00, I still
woke up feeling like I had a hangover. My coffee-fix helped that. The
girls woke at 9:45 and reported that they'd stayed up till
4:30...groan! Oh well, that was my DD's goal, and she achieved it!

Now as the girls are strewn about the living room, watching a bit of
one more movie before they have to go, I'm thinking about how nice
this sleep over went overall. Yes, we had loudness and rowdiness and
chaos, but mostly it was an easy sleep over. And that was because
(light bulb going on) I made things easier for me. You see, usually I
try to play this Perfect Mom blended with Martha Stewart, and I would
make a cake and plan an out-of-house activity and make pancakes for
breakfast. This time, I bought ice cream and a lot of toppings for an
ice cream bar instead of cake, we put up a tent and had a bonfire, and
the girls watched movies and played games. For breakfast, I bought
many bags of sugar cereals that usually don't grace our table very
often, and the girls served themselves breakfast when they wanted it.
All in all, the changes didn't amount to any less fun for them, and it
made my life so much easier and my stress level way down. I think I'm
learning that simple things can be just as good as elaborate ones,
especially if the simple things mean I skip the pre-party crabby bitch
phase!