Retreat

Last Friday, I went with Aaron to an executive retreat at Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort. I enjoyed getting dressed up and pretending to be an executive (actually, being a mother of four-n-more, I am an executive in my chosen profession, that of staying home). I went to some of the meetings but, didn't go to the seminars. I found a nice little nook where the sun was shining and read a book or played solitaire on the ipod. The most amazing thing was that it was quiet and I didn't have a constant "to do" list going through my head. Aaron and I decided we need to go on retreats together more oftenThen we had to come home and face reality.

Aaron's sister Lauren spent Friday night with the kids. When she arrived at the house with her friend Ammon, they found Vanessa running around naked. (It was the first time Ammon had been to our house. I wonder if Lauren fully understood what she was getting into when she agreed to this arrangement.) We hurried home on Saturday to beat a storm that was blowing in. We arrived home in time for Aaron to go to Esteban's soccer game and I took AJ to his friend's baptism. Later, Esteban reported that while we were gone, Vanessa clogged the toilet with an entire roll of toilet paper (I'm not sure why I thought life would be easier once I got her potty trained but, it's not). Esteban used every towel in the bathroom the clean it up, then dumped all the the wet towels in the clothes hamper. I had to do all the laundry in the house (not the welcome home I was hoping for but it could have been worse, what if he didn't clean in up?). Lauren said to me, "Your life is so complicated." I replied, "This isn't complicated, this is just life." Thinking about it not only makes me want to go on another retreat but, simply retreat.