The Special Drawer

In our house the boys each have a drawer at the top of their side of the dresser that we most affectionately call the special drawer. It's their "off limits" place. I mostly started this for Ethan years ago when Tyler started getting into and destroying his things. I cleared out a drawer for each of them and told them this was their space. Anything outside of this space was free game but if it was in your "special" drawer then it was safe. And it has worked surprisingly well.

Years have passed and the clothes that were once the size of my hand have gotten bigger and bigger and bigger. Two drawers each just isn't cutting it. So...sadly I had to clean out the 'Special" drawers and re-locate them to a new place. Here is what I found in Ethan's drawer...

1. Paints - Every artist needs em
2. A Spanish dictionary....
3. A very nice paper bag puppet -
4. A big of mini wheats - for those late night snackies
5. Band aids - Got the giggles from this one
6. A yarn box from my grandma filled with every card she has sent him in his lifetime. Really pretty cute.
7. Dr. Seuss's Birthday Hat...Notice the rainbow colors. When I picked him up from school I could spot him across the parking lot...the only one not colored red and white.
8. A tie dyed Frisbee
9. LiteBright
10. My Favorite: His Planner. What five year old doesn't have a planner?

Want to know what I found inside the planner?

Translation: June 8th - "I can't do anything because it is my birthday." LOVE IT!

Notice what he has drawn on my birthday.

Addresses: Pictures of all his friends

My personal favorite - the man loves the rainbow.

Just in case he forgets..." June 8th is my birthday."

The other day I was sad. Nothing to get your tights in a twist over, just your basic sad. Well, Tyler who cannot stand for anyone to be sad came to me , gave me a hug and whispered in my ear, "Don't worry momma, if we call the neighbors - I bet they will love you. The neighbors can always love you."

Sometimes I like to visualize the future. By sometimes, I mean, at 3:30 in the morning when I finally finish my homework, my head is aching and I know that I have to get up the next morning and start it all over again. I have a few favorites that I like to visit in my head...the daydream of choice lately has been the 5, count them 1,2,3,4,5 months of glorious freedom I will have from school starting August 15th. That's right from August 15th until I start (hopefully) my nursing program January 25th I will have NO school. What do I plan to do in those 5 months...well that my dear friends is the substance of my daydreams. That is what I think of every time I start to melt down...that is what I think of every time I begin to panic thinking of the 21 credits I will be taking this summer..."5 months," I tell myself, "5 glorious months."

So what do I plan to do with those 5 months...

1. Read Harry Potter again - Harry is my happy place. Reading Harry is like revisiting my childhood - well, except I read Harry as a large pregnant woman but that's beside the point. I will be doing some major Harry Potter reading!


2. Sleep


3. Bake Bake Bake - I have NO time for baking. Heck, I have no time for sleeping, showering, brushing my teeth. (JUST KIDDING! Just making sure you were still with me...) I love Baking, it's a major stress reliever for me and I plan on baking so so so much this fall.


4. Snooze


5. Mexico - Oh Yeah. Mexico!!


6. Hit the Sack


7. Watching TV. Something that has become a distant memory...I know that I sound a tad pathetic missing TV but it's my daydream - I can dream what I want to!


8. Nap


9. Art with the kiddos - Ethan and Tyler will get there mom back for some major fun.


10. Doze


11. Tea with the Queen of England - Herbal of course.


12. Shopping


13. Forty Winks


14. While visiting the Queen - hit up Paris and eat a croissant


15. Catch some ZZZZZ


16. Reading for fun. I know I already mentioned Harry but I think this daydream deserves double mention because it's one of my most frequent visitors. This is the thing I probably miss the most. I miss discovering new books and visiting my old faves.


17. Try out for American Idol...


18. Solve World Hunger


19. Blog!! We all know that if this blog was a child CPS would have it in foster care. This poor blog has been badly neglected. But this Fall...oh how things will change. I am getting the chills just thinking of it...Freedom, I can almost taste it


20. And I'll probably sleep a bit too!

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