A near breakdown intervention.

So I've been trying in vain to accomplish quite a few projects in my house. By projects I mean, floor to ceiling scrubbing of certain rooms. This has not happened yet. My Monsters have definitely prevented a lot of accomplishments from occurring. However I've grown accustomed to the fact that my agenda and theirs is not the same. 

But when we woke up this morning, I was in the mood. I was ready to go. I wanted to Get Stuff Done. 

They did not.

They did not want to pick up their toys.

They did not want to sit nicely at the table and eat breakfast.

They did not want to take responsibility for the half emptied bottle of glue and the mess on my table.

They did not even want to sit and watch cartoons.

Until their Nana showed up. 

My mother in law is a wonderful woman with unlimited patience that I, for the life of me, just can't grasp or understand. I know that this is where her youngest daughter (my best friend, and husband's older sister) gets her personality. She marched on in, and said "I'm here to help with the kids". I am not sure how she knew (I'm going to assume it was the Facebook post about the glue on the table...) and I didn't care. I answered the door, and immediately started crying, thanking God she was there. I then told her this. "Thank God, I can't handle them right now, I'll be in my bed willing my life to end, since you're here to watch them." 

I didn't crawl in bed, or even will my life to end. I stopped crying and I did what she told me to do. I let her deal with them, put on my headphones, and I Got Stuff Done. In the process of getting stuff done (the bathroom, all the floors, the kitchen) my mother in law cleaned not only the playroom, but the girls' bedroom as well. Not only that she got MY MONSTERS to help her! Then she made lunch, and sat with them not moving until they fell asleep for nap time. 

So my house is clean, my kids are sleeping, and as she walked out the door, Mom said "Enjoy your peace and quiet, take a nap or something".

I am left quite unsure of what to do with myself. I want to watch t.v. but I know there's more I could pick up. I want to take a nap, but I'm not sure my mind will slow down from the productivity train to allow said nap to occur. I'm considering sitting on my couch with a book, and no noise sans the washer, dryer, and dishwasher whirring along doing their little jobs. 

By golly, she even made sure I ate something, so I don't even have to do that.

I think I'll be reading....