THE GRINSTEAD FAMILY

WAITING, WAITING & MORE WAITING

I've spent this week waiting. Yes, waiting seems to be the theme of my week!

On Monday, I was waiting for the appliance guys to call about delivery & installation. Of course the second I left to take the kids to school or pick them up, they called. Then it was phone tag time, trying to get them called back. I also was waiting for someone to deliver some cookies that I had ordered. Her time frame was late morning or early afternoon...HUH???!

On Tuesday, I waited for the appliances to be delivered (which I do love). My time was between 1 & 4! What??? Of course that meant I was held hostage here waiting. The dishwasher installer wanted to come at 3:30. I was home ALL day & he chooses 3:30, the exact time I have to pick up kids & frankly the exact time chaos starts in our house. He ended up coming at 3:45, which made us late for Allie's soccer game. I'm thinking the WHOLE time that I was here all day with nowhere that I had to be & now I'm late!!

Today, I'm waiting for the plumber to come & check out what needs to be done to install our water softener. His time frame...sometime late morning. So, here I sit waiting! I'm sure he'll come to install the softener another day...again I'll be waiting.

Next week, our stove is scheduled to arrive. I'm guessing I'll have a 3-4 hour time period of WAITING!!

Did I mention that I spend a good portion of each week waiting on my kids. Yes, I wait on them by getting them meals, helping them with homework etc. But I also spend a lot of time waiting for them to get done with practices or out of classes. I'm on their schedule most evenings!

I guess that the silver lining in all of this is that I have gotten a lot of paperwork done while here. My PTA stuff is done, the carnival is ready to go, my blog is up to date, my Festival of Trees stuff is on time, my bills are paid, Scout popcorn stuff is done and so on. Oh & laundry is caught up too. My upstairs is cleaned & I'm putting off cleaning the main floor, but it will get done today....while I'm waiting!