Oh! What a Busy Life!

Here I was thinking, "Molly- just count down to Christmas break. Then you can do crafts with the kids and take it easy!" Little did I know that I am a naive, optimist. I already have a to-do list a mile long for Christmas break, and it includes getting Elvish and assembling all kinds of things that I know are beyond my capacity to assemble. And this week before the break? Forget it. I am so busy that I feel like my head is swimming in circles while I look on helplessly from the outside. Who would have thought that my last fifteen credit hours as an undergrad would be so draining?

The last week has not come without a new set of lessons. Life without Dave brings at least one per day and not all of them are the fun kind. In the past week I have learned:

1. The cat, along with three medium sized stuffed animals, can fit into a toddler sized Buzz Lightyear suitcase. However, he will pee himself from fright and be close to expiring by the time that you find him. Salvaging the suitcase and stuffed toys will be pointless. Also- I have good instincts and I should follow them. I am still not sure what prompted me to open that suitcase.

2. Herman Melville is an asshat. He was an asshat when I was in high school, reading Moby Dick and he is still an asshat years later when I have to read his "short" stories for my elective literature course. He's also talentless and overrated.

3. Dogs and cats poop a lot. Pet ownership is a lot less awesome when you have to clean up after the pets without any help and while your child is flushing Captain America down the toilet inside.

4. Swallowing the SCOBY when drinking Kombucha is awful. Absolutely terrible.

5. Three-year-olds are amazing snugglers. They also smell really nice and give the best kisses. They know just when to tell you the right things.

6. My kids are the most annoying beings on the planet, but I like them better than I like anyone else on the planet.

7. Skype was clearly created by God. It also does not use the internet, my husband's images (though blurry) and his voice (though cracking) are streamed to me on the wings of angels.

8. Rio is a really cute movie, but only the first twelve times in three days. After that, the songs start to get a little annoying.

9. Friends are never overrated, and some times you meet the most important ones in adulthood.

10. There is not enough coffee and Zoloft in the world to get me through the next six months. I may have to invest in some Red Bull, Speed, or a medically induced coma.

As I look forward to the end of this week and the beginning of Christmas break, I realize that I am doing worse in my head than I am in real life. Rock on, Molly B., Rock on.

I leave you with a picture of myself, moments after I accidentally swallowed the SCOBY.