When did May become December? I always hear how busy December is, but seriously – it’s got nothin’ on May. I finally finished updating our family calendar and there is not one blank day. You know how it goes with the end of the school year, end of the activity year, beginning of Summer sports and activities.
We have violin concerts, ballet recitals, school plays, school field trips, school Olympic days, school projects due, publishing parties, baseball starting, swimming lessons starting, conferences, open houses, graduation parties, birthday parties, mother’s day, flowers must be planted, clothes are still being hung…..
..and somewhere in there I would like to take a run, write my blog, read some blogs and well, I am also suppose to be selling Matilda Jane. My haircut will have to wait.
And I forget things. Lots of things. Walking Eloise to the bus stop this morning, she sweetly whispered to me “Mom, you know yesterday was my snack day and you didn’t send anything with me. “ “Oh Eloise” I cowered “I am so so sorry, I cannot believe I forgot!” To which she answered “it’s okay Mom, but maybe it would be a good idea if you were get a folder for each of us with our important information that you could reference every day so you won’t forget things anymore? It seems like it’s becoming more common.”
I am wondering how much personal assistants cost. How do you all do it?
xoxo,t
Oh.my.goodness, I heart that sweet Eloise! That’s actually what I do…I have a folder for each child…but things still end up in stacks on my desk…and I still forget things sometimes! I try to write things on my calendar, but then I find I don’t have it with me when I need to plan something else, but for some reason I just like a paper calendar over using my blackberry which I have with me ALL the time, go figure!
Hear, hear on wanting to just be able to sit down for a minute to read, blog, or just stare into space! Perhaps I should put that on the calendar!
Now, you’ve reminded me, I need to call about swimming lessons!
OH, Eloise is so sweet. I had a calendar in our kitchen that was dry-erase that helped me keep track of everything (not that I personally do not have my full share of forgetful moments). It wasn’t the most gorgeous item, but it helped SO much. I had to take it down when we started showing the house for selling, but as soon as we move to the new one, it’s going right back up, ugly or not.
It sounds like you already have a built in personal assistant for free. How come I didn’t think of her idea about the folders? Sheesh. Yes, agreed, May & Dec. are equal in being overly busy and wayyy to many “fun” activities/concerts/end of year wrap up things planned. Stop the merry-go-round, I wanna get off.
Eloise is so adorable…maybe you need to train her to be your assistant. I remember only the really important stuff, the rest…..meh. Yesterday the 2 oldest were suppose to go to church directly from school to practice for their program but I forgot that I had signed them up for a mother’s day craft class…and the instructor had to call and remind me. again. that the kids had an after school class. Sorta embarrassing. On second thought, maybe I should hire Eloise to be MY assistant.
I forgot snack day this week too. The 1st time ever. We’ve forgotten it on the kitchen counter & I’ve had to run back home for it, or had to stop on the way to school. I actually KNEW snack day was this week…went to the grocery store monday morning for our weekly things & picked up a snack. That evening as I was organizing things for the week. I pulled out the snack sheet & then saw it was THAT DAY. I sent it to school the next day wil a note with my apologies…but felt a little better when they had to have “our” snack that day because another mom also forgot. :0p May IS extremely busy! And yes…it far surpasses December as we have a birthday girl this month & not one in December. lol
Sounds like you have your own little persoanl assistant there, Tracy—super cute.
Oh I don’t do it all. And my oldest also gives me lots of advice on how I could be better organized.
My best thing ever? An iphone that syncs to my computer. I set alarms for everything. But I still forget lots of stuff.