definitely getting old

I've been thinking this lately, how I am sooo getting old.  The extra weight hangs on longer than before :), it's sooo hard to wake up early, I can't sleep away from Ehren, forgetting things, and the list goes on and on and on.  But today it came out in a real way.  It's funny now and I wish I had a friend here right now so we could laugh about it.

Anyway, like every Friday I went to a friend's house for a play date.  There are 5 of us stay home moms who get together, chat, eat lunch and stuff.  It is a really nice distraction for me, even though I have to take 4 kids there.  Today, as we were leaving my friend's house I was rushing to get home because it was getting close to 2pm and the kids had to be put down for a nap.  Finally we got home, I open the garage door and as I'm herding my 4 kiddos inside I realize the door to the house is locked.  We never ever lock that door and so in my panic mode I completely forgot what we do in a situation like that.  I thought I had a house key on my key chain but when I tried it it didn't work.  The thought to check the main front door did enter my mind but I was too panicky, mainly because I left my phone inside and couldn't call Ehren to ask him.  So I loaded the kids in the van and went back to town.  Tried a friend's house that's pretty close but they were gone so then I drove to church.  I called Ehren but when I got his voicemail I remembered he's in meetings all afternoon.  I tried paging him but nothing.  Finally the receptionist asked who his boss was and I got her so I was able to give him a message to call me at church.  Phew!  At least there is a nursery that kept my tired kids occupied.  In a little bit Ehren showed up and just as my inside voice was trying to tell me before I panicked and drove back to town, I had the key that opens the front door of the house.  I felt really dumb.  And old. :)  But now it is pretty funny I did that.  That shows how we still don't use our front door because we always come in through the garage.  Well, the kids went to sleep really fast and are still sleeping.  They won't be much longer because the bus will be here in a few minutes and the 3 school aged kids are just wild when they get home.  They let loose of all the feelings and everything they've been holding back at school.  It's normal and they do need some free time like that, but sometimes they bounce off the walls a little too much. :)

Anyway, that is the story of how I'm getting old, slowly but surely and sometimes not so slowly, just surely. :)