Look What I Can Do!

Please say the above title with the voice of Stuart from MADTV.

If you read my last blog, you'll see that I had a momentary lapse in reason as a parent. It is usually in moments like this that I become completely frustrated with my abilities to keep my life under control and do all the things I should be doing as a mom, wife, person, etc. I know - silly - but it's just part of my type A, please everyone, anal retentive personality.

So, it comes as no suprise to me, and to those of you who know me I'm sure, that yesterday I decided to have a Supermom Day. A Supermom Day is a day where I try to go above and beyond my human capablities and accomplish five million things at the speed of light while simultaneously adoring my children and cooking a fabulous WHOLESOME meal.

I almost feel like I should start from the end of this story and tell you that I collapsed into my bed at about 8:45 pm last night and I don't remember anything that happened until about 6:30 am this morning. That in itself is a feat for me, since I usually am up at least 2 times a night with either a kid or a full bladder.

Now to what "did me in" yesterday. As you know, I killed and removed the Spiderbush last week. The bare remains of its former home are an eyesore in our yard. We had already begun to take action, ordering rock and planting a lovely dogwood tree in it's place. But now we'd reached a standstill. Not content with staring at the pile of stone sitting on our curb waiting to be transformed magically into a retaining wall by my traveling husband, I decided to take it upon myself to do the job. Three hours of seriously hot manual labor later, I had a wall, a smashed finger and a very sweaty body.

Unfortunately, the wall was only the beginning of my day (started it at 8:15 am). After the wall, I also did the following - all before 5:30 pm :

Dig up and transplant two azealia bushes.

Trim the rose bushes.

Dig up and transplant a lariope plant and 4 petunia plants.

Mow the front and back lawns and bag all yard clippings for recycling.

Wash and fold three loads of laundry.

Unload and reload dishwasher.

Clean kitchen.

Make 4 beds.

Care for one sick child.

Go visit my mother for one hour.

Have lunch at Subway with my father.

Catch up on all email.

Practice piano for one hour.

Plan and execute delicious, wholesome meal. (seriously)

That may not seem like a lot - but believe me, IT IS A LOT!!!!! I finished up the retaining wall project today with a couple bags of mulch and some gorgeous perennials called balloon flowers. I think it all turned out really nice. (Enjoy picture above) And the most satisfying thing about it all, is that I didn't know I could do it - let alone all the other things I accomplished along with it. Lucky for me, Supermom Days only come along once or twice a month. For the rest of the time, I am just regular old mom - bum wiper, boo boo fixer, and disciplinarian extraordinaire.