Trapped

I'm feeling trapped at home this week, even though I'm not... let me explain. I'm volunteering for VBS this week in the nursery. I get to be with Natalie which is wonderful; Joanna's happy in her big girl class; and I can even slip over to the office for meetings, to get the bulletin proofed, etc. It's a little rough to try to keep up with my work stuff AND work in the nursery all morning. The reason I'm feeling trapped is that we leave the house around 8-8:15 and get home at 12:30-12:45. That's the entire good part of the day. After that we do a quick lunch then down for nap. Natalie's been fighting naps in the nursery (I actually think she'd do better if I wasn't there, but oh, well.) but taking remarkably fabulous afternoon naps -- like 2-3 hours!!! I'm hoping the streak continues today. Joanna's been napping well too, but she slept in this morning so we'll see. Anyway so the reason I'm feeling so trapped is that there's really no time for running errands. By the time the girls get up from naps, it's (hopefully) very close to when Matt gets home and time to start dinner. I'm exhausted at the end of the day when they go down, plus not everywhere I want to go is even open, AND I'm having to do all my actual work at home since I'm working in the nursery when there's nursery avail. for my kids. MDO STARTS NEXT WEEK!!! Sadly it's just for Joanna, but I'll take it! Natalie's easy going.

So I'm not actually complaining, just venting a little. I'm tired, but actually not as tired as I have been. The last couple of days I've taken naps with my girls and it has helped tremendously in the evenings with my energy level. In fact, I'm off to do that now!