Grace is at camp this week.  All week.  Five nights.  I sort of thought this would make our home life a breeze.  She and Eli are the two that fight the most, so if she is removed from the equation things will be easier, right?  I’m not sure anymore.  Today we need to get groceries.  I’m already thinking this won’t be so bad, I only have TWO kids to take with me instead of THREE!  Already less work.  I’m ready to get on it. But the TWO at home are slow and whiny and don’t want to get dressed.  Really?  It’s 11:15 and you’ve been awake for over three hours.  Why is this so difficult?

So I guess this week will be a balancing act.  This seems like a great opportunity for me to get more done, but I suppose I still have to take the other two kids into consideration and see what they want to do.  Sigh.  AND Chad is going to Texas for three days later this week.  I’ve already told them the three of us will have a sleepover sometime while he’s gone, so that’s a compromise right?  Like a really, really BIG compromise???