I Am (I am)....

I Am SuperMom and I know what's happenin'
I Am (I am) I am SuperMom, and I can do anything....

(with many apologies to Tommy James, the Shondells, and REM)

Anyway.

I had tons of stuff to do tonight, beginning with drive home from Raleigh (training session), go to the store, bake banana bread, try to exercise, and meet up with friends for drinks. Amazingly, I got pretty much all of it accomplished, but didn't get home till 10:30 as a result.

And then I remembered the little voice, coming through the phone line earlier this evening, "Mom, can you try to work on my car some?" Yep, it's Pinewood Derby time, and while Peter needs to do his car himself, Grace races in the Open division, and therefore is allowed parental help.

Now, a caveat. I usually still have Grace do most of her car herself; that's within the spirit of Cub Scouts and Pinewood Derby, even if she isn't a Scout.

But we're having a tough PWD year, this year. First of all, I only have the kids two weekends between the time we got the kits and the Derby. Second of all, Peter has a broken arm (yeah, YOU cut and sand a block of wood into a car shape one handed!) Third, I managed to slice my index finger with the saw last weekend, which has limited my work. Oh, and then there are all the normal things; school, basketball, dinner, homework.

So, yeah, Grace needs a little extra help this year.

I was tired. I wanted to go to sleep. I have to get up tomorrow.

But I sanded her car, and put another batch of wood putty on the saw marks. More sanding tomorrow, and I think she'll be ready to paint!

"I Am (I am) I am zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz