what do you think my chances are......

of getting 30 minutes of uninterrupted, no questions or requests time to myself???? as an eternal pessimist, i expect they are slim to none, but the enternal optimist in me figures Danny has already eaten lunch and had a piece of chocolate.... peed and pooped.... has all his favorite toys in his room... has on a dinosaur movie he hasn't seen in forever... is wearing no scratchy clothing... has no owies that need kissing... has his 3 favorite blankets... and is really really tired... so it's looking good... right? urgh, i hear the door opening - save me from "the room"!!!!!!

today has been nonstop and i really need it to stop for at least 30 minutes! so far i have:

• got the kids up at 5am so they could indeed drive with Grandma to the airport, when leaving them fast asleep in bed was a much sounder option
• organized picture-taking day with Sam's teacher and counted the letters in "Mrs Walker's Third Grade" at least a dozen times (each kid will hold a letter) so as not to embarrass myself in front of 8 year old math wizards when i run out of letters/kids
  
• walked miles upon miles, via school, past the old playground that Danny refuses to go to anymore because last time he bumped his head three times, to a new playground that i am hoping Danny won't fall out with anytime soon
  
• braved the seedy public bathrooms there with Danny who insisted on flashing the door open at the most inopportune moment (twice)
• walked another half mile to the library to find it didn't open for another 26 minutes :|
• made the best of a bad situation and took pictures in Old Town
• walked to Sprouts for 99c berries
  
• braved the scary fruit man who talks to himself but i think is talking to me so i try to answer so as not to be rude only to be given a weird look by the weird man (he started it - he was weird first!)
• consoled a small sobbing child when we found raisins were out of stock
• had a picnic of strawberries and grapes (no raisins) outside Sprouts
• walked another 1.6 miles home in the baking sun
• put away all the groceries and painstakingly completed pre-nap checklist
  

and now... i am sitting down with nowhere to be for another hour. could it be? it can't last an hour, can it? Danny will think of SOMETHING he needs, right??! i haven't watched any trash tv in over a week - my bedroom dvr is at least 80% full of desperate housewives and real housewives. must get some quality trash tv watching in today. must. it's on the to-do list :)

back with more pics and a bowlful of berries and pear yogurt for lunch.... ahhhhhhhh!