Travel preparations...

I leave for Vegas in five days. There are all sorts of things I need to take care of before the trip... like plan meals for my family to eat while I'm gone and be sure they have the groceries to do so, finish up two class samples for the store, figure out what the heck I'm going to wear and get the schedule written up so Asia can manage to get all three kids where they need to be when they need to be there.

I'm always amazed at the challenge of explaining the things I do to keep this family functioning... it doesn't seem like I do that much until I try to get it all down on paper so someone can replicate it. Then I'm simply blown away by the fact that I manage it all...

Asia generally does fine when I leave - he's a great Dad. He's completely capable. But he doesn't really know that much about the day-to-day functioning of managing school, homework, piano, and chores. And his standard of cleanliness is quite different than mine, so I know better to expect the house to be picked up when I return home. He also usually ends up feeling a little overwhelmed by it all after a couple of days - so he's good and ready for me to "take over" when I get home. Which is all okay, since I'm ready to jump back in and be the Mommy whenever I've been away.

I haven't decided if I'll take the laptop or not. It's such a pain lugging it around, and I don't know that I'll have any time to post anything anyway... I'm leaning toward leaving it home.

I really need to get busy - the laundry still won't fold itself, not matter how long I try to wait it out... darn stuff.

Happy Wednesday to you all.