SO much to do, so little time...

Something the other day made me stop and count, and I realized that I am currently working 7 PART-TIME JOBS!

(1) I occasionally - when called and when available - substitute teach at the school I was at last year.
(2) I have a friend who runs a daycare. When she has a doctor appointment, she calls me to come take care of the kids.
(3) I am a private tutor. In fact, I have an interview with a potential new "client" on Saturday. This is the one job I wish I could do way more of - very good pay rate, and I love the one-on-one teaching.
(4) When my son got a bigger route, I took over his smaller once-a-week "Shopping News" route.
(5) I am one of two childcare workers who take care of the little ones while their moms do aerobics at a friend's Body and Soul aerobics class.
(6) I've recently started providing some "respite care"/life-skills teaching for a family I know whose "big guy" has some special needs. I feel a little out of my league, but I'm learning.
(7) And today was my first day (since my kids were wee little ones) delivering early morning newspapers - an hour to an hour-and-a-half every morning, 4-5 a.m.-ish...

So much for being a stay-at-home mom.

The cat's the only one who likes it...

Our cat's beverage of choice is melting (not meltED, but meltING) snow - I guess it's way better than faucet water, (flushed) toilet water, or any other water in the house. She loved it when it was warm and melting. But all the melting and refreezing left the pile of snow on our deck crusty and dirty, so we told her "No!"

Last night it snowed (and it's still snowing). She was one happy cat when someone scooped out a bowlful of snow for her to watch/wait for it to begin melting...

On the other hand, Ben is bummed that he probably won't be able to have his friend over - the drive in to town and back just might not happen, despite the fact that Dad dug himself out early this morning and went in to (and across) town to get to work.