Right now...

Right now, there's a kitchen sink under my dining room table which is in my living room next to the fridge that is by the front door in front of the fireplace which is stacked with drawers full of stuff from the kitchen. There is an oven and a dishwasher in my living room, in front of the TV. There is about 10 feet worth of modular IKEA storage crap that we usually keep in our dining room stuffed in Jonathan's bedroom, along with bins and garbage bags full of the contents of our kitchen drawers and cabinets... food, plates, utensils, spices, etc. Right now I'm supposed to be writing an essay that has to be uploaded by 5 and I am have to leave here to get to my Orlando class by 4 so I have less than 3 hours to get it done. I can't concentrate for some reason. We just had a nice Chinese takeout lunch picnic in Anna's room. We haven't slept at our house since Thursday night, but luckily we've been able to stay at my Mom's. We think we can sleep here tonight. Last night, it took me a long time to go to sleep, then Jon woke me up at 130 AM with nausea and a fever. It took him about three hours to fall back asleep. Then I finally fell asleep out on the couch, and then had nightmares about being trapped in a department store and being forced to try on dresses, all the while having to see all of these super awesome Michael Kors handbags on super clearance (and if you bought one you got your choice of a free pair of shoes!) but I kept being redirected to try on dress after dress after dress. I woke up and went to sleep back in the guest room with Dave. Then Anna woke us up an hour later. Dave and I were both sick starting yesterday so he stayed home from work, thankfully.
I have a terrible headache, neck pain/back pain, etc.
I am just hoping our problem is resolved, there will be no more leaking drain water coming up through the tile. The smell in our house was terrible. The new drywall/tile/paint etc., smell in the house smells like heaven in comparison. We have no idea if insurance is going to cover anything. But we have a good contractor who is doing things right and working really hard to get everything done, thank God. And we have my Mom who has been helping watch the kids all week and do dropoffs and pickups and feed us and do laundry and everything.
So right now, I am feeling a little insane because of the chaos of my personal space, and because of the chaos of trying to keep everything going with the kids and school and everything. Only 35 more days till we leave on our cruise. I'll tell you what I am NOT packing: anything school related. No books, no computer, nothing. NOTHING. Luckily, my spring break comes before the kids does so I should be able to get a lot done then while they are in school so I can mostly just be their mom during their spring break. I am STRESSED out right now. Although, I know, it could be worse. And I am excited to see how the kitchen turns out. I am just looking forward to the night when I can cook a meal and we can sit down in our dining room together and eat. I had better go and get my paper done. It will not be a good paper, but it will be turned in on time, and even though I feel awful, I will go over to class, 3 hours round trip and 3 hours sitting in class... I am so tired but it seems that action is better than inaction. Like if I just decided to stay home from class because I do have legitimate reasons to do so, I would just sit here and be totally stressed about missing class. And even though I feel like I will turn in a crappy paper, it is better than turning in nothing at all. Pictures to follow of the kitchen/dining room disaster and the finished product. I never get any time to blog anymore. :(