Do good weeks always end in bad days? Friday's are rough here at the Bush house. We have started AWANA's on Wednesday nights. Tyler's class ends at "8:30" getting us out the door and home (thank goodness it's a 6 minute drive!) and to bed at 9:30. The kids bladder's get them up promptly at 7:14 every morning, even when they ought to sleep later. So Thursday gets a little rough and I've been putting Grace to bed earlier on that day for her nap. Then we have our Bible Study here (which I love and is going really well!) which ends at 8... but by the time we visit and chat it's usually 9:30 by the time everyone goes home and we get the kids into bed. So when 7:15 came this morning none of the 4 of us left at home were really "ready" to get up, but get up we did. Crabby crabby crabby! Myself included! When they are used to going to bed at 8 or 8:30 and they get two nights of 9:30 it's just rough! I'm beyond glad we home school so that we can start when they are ready and do our learning when they are at their best. I love that flexibility. I love that on days when they will lay in their beds and rest, we can get up at 8:14 instead of 7:14 and we are not late to get anyplace. I don't love screaming tantrums, spilled milk and multiple wardrobe changes, but it's also not the end of the world. I feel like it is in the moment, but when a child in tears asks to just cuddle on the couch with a book, we just throw the clothes and the towels in the washer and hope for the best. There's always half price day's at Goodwill. I'm so thankful to be able to give my kids the gift of my time, and my love and my attention. I appreciate the work Gary does more than he'll ever know. Friday's are a definite time of refocus around here! Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some cuddling to do!