Where Did the Day Go?

Don't you hate those days when you look at the clock and can't believe what time it is?! Maybe it's the time change, but wow, I feel off. So what did I do today?

• Woke Gib up 5 minutes before he was supposed to be ON the bus (Mike drove him instead)
• Got Mariah out the door for school an hour later
• Checked email, then started making the monthly dinner plan
• Then I made the grocery list for the monthly dinner menu non-perishable items
• Barely had time to throw on my sweats and head to the park to do my 5 mile Monday walk
• Stopped by the eye dr afterwards and am now trying a different brand of old lady contacts (they are much better so far!)
• Went to the grocery store with my giant list, a bazillion coupons and selected a sturdy cart(had to reject the first one because I KNOW I need one with good wheels!) because by the time I'm finished, it will be so heavy, I can barely turn corners, the food piled on top and stuffed below as well. The last thing I do is put my purse on my shoulder and fill the seat with eggs and milk and whatever else on my way to check out. What a system!
• Shopped til I dropped, and let me tell you, I have a hidden talent when it comes to packing food in a cart! Not only can I fit more food in an orderly (Yes, OCD even) manner, I rarely have to backtrack and hit an aisle I've been down. If I do, I am one annoyed chickie. Because that messes up my cart feng shui. I've got it down to a science, and well I should after 18 yrs of this. I get funny looks at check out too. Maybe it's me, but I simply must stack the cans just so on the thingy and I hate it when it moves faster than I do! I have all my cans together, my cold stuff together, my boxes together, my squishables together, you get the picture. It looks quite nice, and that's why people smirk. Because theirs looks like the Tasmanian Devil unloaded their cart.
• After I paid, it took two carts to get out to the car and about 15 trips in & out of the house to unload it. Then the real fun begins of putting it all away. Admittedly, not my favorite part. I was feeling especially OCD today, because I just HAD to organize all the cans in the pantry so A) everything would fit and B) more importantly, it would look pretty. I should photograph it, huh?! Nah. Who wants to see food?!
• 3 of 4 kids are home from school. #4 should be arriving any minute now. Taryn tells me today was the "most random lunch ever packed" and "who made it anyhow?!" Guess who? What wrong with pretzels, peanut butter in a cute little condiment cup, olives, cheese, snack wells vanilla cookies, and pineapple? I thought it showed creative genius myself.
• In the mail today, Indy received the 2nd acceptance letter to a "safety college". We're getting warmed up for the big deal!
• The bus has arrived. Mariah and I need to make Pumpkin Chocolate Chip bread for Girl Scouts tomorrow and Grammy's birthday tonight.