Getting Me Through

So January has been crazy.  Kris's travel schedule has picked up at work, taking him to California two out of the last three weeks (with weather in the 70s, which prompted him to ask last night, "What are we doing in Iowa?").  That leads me to a fun time as a single mom of four kids--countless {and I mean countless--seriously, why didn't we buy a home closer to the center of our lives} drives back and forth to the church and schools, piano and trumpet lessons, band and soccer practices, reporting to federal jury duty {again, seriously?  this month?}, conducting Primary and preparing sharing time for this 100+ group of Primary kids in our ward (not including the sixteen 18-month to 3-yr-old nursery kids we have that aren't pictured here),

{jr. primary--ages 3-6)

{sr. primary--ages 7-11}

keeping up with my choir job and trying to learn the alto part of Brahms' German Requiem which we will be performing in April and June, dealing with cold, yucky winter weather {reference Kris's question above}, preparing meals, cleaning, cleaning, cleaning, and varied other activities that keep our family going.

What is getting me through?

Dove Dark Chocolate and a good daily work out, of course.  Hope you have your escape clauses too.  Have a great week.