Bittersweet Day

So, it is mid-morning and all is quiet.  The girls are at school and their dad is picking them up today.  Love is working.  There is nothing going on in this house which is a stark contrast to the usual hustle and bustle that fills up my days... heck even the dog is no where to be seen and the fish are hiding!  The only sound is the soft flow of the water in the fish tank and the whirl of the ceiling fan.  What am I to do with all this quiet time?

Well, there is some cleaning to be done, which sounds like no fun at all!  But being that I am one of those overachieving super mom types I will do it anyway.  May have to put on some tunes to listen to cause this quiet is kinda eerie.

And there is always the fifty million project floating around in my head that I would like to get accomplished.  First on that agenda is making a cover for my Nook so it doesn't get scratched up when I toss it in my purse (or my ten ton suitcase as Love calls it, but that is a post for another day!)  I love my Nook, which is the Barnes&Noble e-reader, and it goes with me everywhere.  One never knows when they may have a few moments to spare to catch up on some reading.  I have over 100 books downloaded on it and never know what I am in the mood to read so one little Nook is so much easier to carry than 100 different books.  Plus there are magazines on it, a few apps, and it is wi-fi capable so I have Internet too!  But the cover I had on has been beat up pretty good so it needs a new one.

Then there is a whole list of "stuff" my daughters have asked me to make and a tiger who needs some surgery on his arm. Poor tiger is currently lying on the couch with a sock bandage covering the wound and a belt being used as a proper sling and swathe!  (One of the cute things my 9 year old did and due to her momma's career in EMS the tiger was appropriately put in triage and treated.)

Dinner needs to be figured out... thinking something easy since it will just be Love and me.

Zoe, the guinea pig, needs her cage cleaned.

I need another cup of coffee.

Laundry is also calling my name...

So I do believe I have plenty to keep me occupied but it just isn't the same without the typical noise that I deal with when doing these everyday things.  That is where the bittersweet part comes in.  I enjoy my quiet time.  Between the demands of my job and the house and the kids, there is very little ME time.  Yet, with an entire day of me time ahead I am saddened at the lack of chaos and people...

Here is to everyone having a good "hump day" Wednesday. 

P.S.  I will put up directions for the Nook case when I get it done!!!!