Mama of 2 P's in a Pod

Its the middle of spring break. Our first day with the sun actually shining. Sadly, I don't know if the girls will get a chance to enjoy that. Instead, they are both pouting in their bedrooms after another round of fighting, and another round of outright defiance. Sigh.... Sometimes it feels the more we do for our children, the worse they behave. I remember my parents saying this a time or two growing up, so its definitely nothing new. But I am a little sad. We could have easily spent our morning working on spring cleaning their rooms and the afternoon outside. (of course the radar is making that seem less and less of an idea). But they had to take it a step further and fight over lip gloss. Yes, lipgloss. Then in my awesome momness, I yelled and sent them to their room. Another sigh.... We spent the day as a family yesterday, movies, friend over, dinner out. It was a great and expensive day. And you would think it would be enough to get some helpful children this morning. But ...

Spring break starts Friday. I have to say the idea of having 10 days off is AMAZING! Of course I will be on my own with the kiddos (2 and 4 legged) and projects around the house. BUT I will try very hard to balance the fun and the projects so the girls can enjoy the time with me too. I am hoping to get a good routine in the working out and eating good area. I'm a little nervous about having access to our pantry, but will power will prevail right?! I'm a geek and am counting down to the Hunger Games movie next Friday. I loved the books and am proud to say I read them before the hype! I am hoping to find another series or book that I can get just as excited about. I guess if I can't, its time to get this book of mine a'crackin! I may try to squeeze some of that in over spring break too! Hmmmm should I make a list of things I hope to accomplish? Hmmm...that could be too much pressure! And on we go!

Stinks! That's all there is to it. Such big decisions and choices are left up to us. And then to the "grown ups" we spent our childhood looking up to. What it all boils down to, is that even when we are grown ups, those grown ups still have the opportunity to let us down. Without getting too personal and offending anyone, here's my post. If you're easily offended, then please don't read. My parents are getting divorced. After 31 years of "marriage", they are calling it quits. This is probably something that should've happened years ago. In fact, I remember going into my college years wondering when they would finally either fix things or move on. I was pretty naive back then, there are some things that can't be fixed. And there are some people who are not willing to compromise, EVER. I understand why one of my parents is wanting this change and wanting it now. It's been a build up and freedom is a necessary component of moving on an...