shopping, or not

Today - actually yesterday, since it's almost 1:00 a.m., we did some pre-China shopping with the boys. Sort-of. I'm not sure why I thought it might be a blissful day as a family unit, hanging out together, gathering the many items that we need for our trip.

Instead, one boy didn't feel well and ended up staying in the vehicle and sleeping for a couple of hours. One wished he was at a different mall and in different stores. And one had quite a hard time being in ANY store in which we weren't purchasing for him: "This is the 7th time we've been to a store and it didn't have ANYTHING in it for me!" Oh well, so much for family bonding.... We did end up getting quite a lot done, despite our differing levels of interest, and it has all been dumped in various and sundry places in our home.

Speaking of our home, one might think that a bomb exploded in here. :-) Multi-tasker I am not, so when I have ONE project to focus on, everything around that project seems to crumble. And the last few days, my focus has been on Ahna's room, which we are so close to finishing.

17 days 'til departure!! Off to get a little sleep before the new day forces itself upon me, with its very long laundry-list of things to do.