Walking Backwards

Grrrr, Monday, grumble . . . Back to our normal routine I suppose. I am super far behind on schoolwork and my house is an unmopped, laundry-piled, toy-strewn disaster area. The first load of laundry is in the washer and I am about to set up Nico's art table so he can play while I pick the place up a bit. I really want to know the secret to peacefully maintaining a house. I was up until after midnight last night reading and then got up about seven this morning. My bleary-eyed self then brushed teeth and washed up and picked up as much as I could, but alas(!), not all was done. The small one then awoke and proceeded to remove all of his small parts toys from their boxes to examine them and place them in hidden areas which he forgot about five minutes later and begged me to help him find. He has been enjoying cleaning up his playroom before naptime lately, though. Strange one. Well, I better get back to the job or else it might overrun me. I should catch-up by tonight, so maybe an entry later about the weekend? Who knows, I have four weeks left in this semester and my teachers are trying to get a lot into a little.