I got a kink in my neck.  You know, one of those ones you get when you are just “standing” there… doing nothing. You feel it go, it “twinges” and you know it is going to take days to work it’s way out.

Well, that happened thursday. I spent all day thursday in an invisible neck brace, smiling out of the corner of my mouth. Never looking left.

And then today, Friday, we slept in.

The kids don’t normally go to school on friday’s here (4 day school week YAY) so it was reasonable that we all did sleep in. What I had forgotten tho, was that by being an awesome parent I had gone on the school calendar and written in all the days “on” for our kids.

And today was written in as a “Day On”

The panic sets in when you wake up and think “it seems later today”

I dragged myself, and my cricked neck, out of bed, raced to put the coffee on (it slept in too) and dragged the kids out of their slumber. Knowing we had already missed the bus, I raced to throw lunches together, and force food down the kids throats.

Dressed, fed and ready, we tore down the road to school.

Except some how, school wasn’t on today.

I don’t know what happened, but I screwed up somewhere.

Back home. Back home to a husband who just wanted the peace & quiet of a school day to get things done. Back home to a fussy preschooler who also wanted the quiet of his sisters at school (and the full control of the lego table)

It was a bad morning. It was raining, and miserable. The kids were miserable. The hubs was grouchy.

And I still had a kinked neck.

Somewhere in the midsts of this miserable-ness Hubby decided it was the right day to haul our hoard off island to get some shopping in. Kids needed new rain boots, and runners (do you know how fast kids go through runners when they live on a farm) and I think he thought it would be better than staying at home.

Two ferry’s, haircuts for the boys, fresh undies for mom and shoes and boots for all. And a stop for groceries. . . special things we can’t get on our island.

And home.

Home with a miserable and exhausted 4year old. Home with a 7 yr old who has a headache (I think I had the same one last week)

And me with my cricked neck.

The blessing of the day?

Having the 4year old tantrum so hard he fell asleep at 630pm. Having our little headache girl, warm from the bath, doze off shortly after. And then, having the 9yr old out at a birthday.

So I sit here now, warm from a bath and a cup of tea. Half an hour of stretching out that neck, and the deep heat working it’s way into my bloodstream. Through all the physical pain of the day (No, I am NOT exaggerating!) and the stress and frustration, I am content.

And I may have done this.

Maybe even a couple of times.

These little babies were my “good girl” reward at the end of a really long “being mom” sorta day.  Downing a few tubs of the Va-Va! Vanilla Bean, and The Lotta Pina Colada didn’t make me feel bad either. These little tubs of awesome are only 90 calories each and .5g of fat. They also have 8g of protein which makes me think why eat anything BUT these? Three cheers for finally finding a Greek yogurt that is healthy and light on the fat!

And seriously peeps, on a normal day I would have scarfed me half a bottle of wine and a box of chocolates… but with conference season approaching, I am “trying” a bit harder than normal!

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