Momservation: Once you have kids Spring Break becomes a break from your sanity on the road trip of being driven crazy.

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The birthday girl's invitation picture

I have the perfect storm for losing your sanity brewing this Spring Break.

First, I have a cold front of kids out of school with rain predicted the entire week.

It’s colliding with the warm front of my daughter’s 9^th birthday falling on Easter causing me to essentially juggle two major holiday celebrations in one week.

Throw into the mix a high pressure situation of having 9 & 10 year-olds who still believe in the magic of the Easter Bunny and you’ve got a mom who’s going to lose it on a grand scale.

It’s making the twister of a new puppy and the destruction she’s leaving behind look like a tip-toe through the tulips.

The good news is I have some experience with this level of disaster.

There was the Summer of ’07 when I miscalculated the effects of too much fun and was saved just in time by The First Day of School from death by exhaustion.

There was also the Kindergarten/Pre-School Disaster of 2005-06.

That was the year I counted on catching a much-needed break from the rigors of childcare with both my kids being in school at the same time. Instead, my kids were put on opposite schedules reducing my childless time to 7 minutes (in the car shuttling between pick-up/drop-off). My giddy anticipation of free time was ripped from me like someone stealing a life-jacket off my back and I almost drowned that year in the Sea of Overwhelmed.

But I survived those challenges to my mental and physical well-being and I will survive this too!

I will pull out my Mommy Disaster Preparedness Kit (includes a blanket of patience, rations of positive attitude, and plenty of Starbucks to recharge my batteries).

I will map out a plan for survival which includes not being afraid to call friends and family for help.

Most importantly though, I will fortify my resolve and remind myself I signed up for this trip. I can just hang on and try to survive it, or I can throw my hands in the air and enjoy the journey knowing I’ll come out a better mom for it.

Just in case though, send someone to check on me if you don’t hear from me on Monday…