Chaos, Rest, and Starting Over

You know the days? The ones where life just bowls you over and, there you stand. It’s 1AM and you feel like you haven’t made ONE. SINGLE. DENT. in the work load for the day! I barely got my kids in bed (11:15 PM friends!). I don’t like them going to bed that late ever! (Except maybe on New Years Eve). I mean, who puts their kids to bed THAT late?! All the crazies, right? Apparently I was wrong on that, because I'm pretty sure I'm not crazy. That pile of laundry? It's on OUR bed. Not the guest bed. (We don’t have one of those. Well, we do, it’s an air mattress. We like our friends and like them visiting. And, someday, they will have a guest suite if I can manage it. But that’s a rabbit trail...) The bed doesn't even have sheets on it yet! I took them off to wash them. (Yes, I was going to do 15 loads of laundry in ONE day! I KNOW it’s crazy guys! I really do, so maybe I AM crazy. LOL But that’s how I roll. I set unrealistic goals and welll.... THIS!) The toys n...