Pseudo-mom

A lot has happened in the past month and a half.
Father's Day weekend we got a surprise visit from my 3 older siblings. My oldest sister flew out (with her 5 month old daughter) from Illinois! My younger siblings, my dad, and I had never seen the baby before, so it was an awesome weekend (even though I was kicked out of my room to accommodate my siblings). My brother came with his wife (who I found out is pregnant, the baby is due Dec 22nd, so the day after I get back from Jordan) and daughter from Spokane. And my other sister came with her husband from Rexburg, ID. It was the first time all of us kids were together in almost 2 years.

I have spent the past 1.5 weeks playing 'mom'. Yeah, I seriously have. My mother flew out to Illinois to help my sister. My sister's youngest (the 5-month old) was in the hospital and her 3 other kids got sick and her husband is in CA working. Talk about being overwhelmed, so what else could my mom do? Her daughter needed her help and her grandbabies were sick, so she left me in charge of my 3 younger siblings and went where she was needed. My dad is gone most of the day, so it really was just me and the kids. The "kids" are twin, 14-yr old boys and an 11-going-on-27-yr old sister. Doesn't seem to bad right? Well, pretty much I'm their chauffeur and have to run interference and make sure they don't kill or maim each other. Did I mention that all 3 of them are the same size as me? It was a lot easier to watch them 5 years ago, when they were significantly smaller.
Anyway, things really haven't been so bad. We've gotten along pretty well. Just some problems with name-calling. One kid had to go to the doctor, so I had to set up and take him to an appointment and then get a prescription filled (that was a scary/unnerving experience). We've even gone to the movies and went out to the library and had a picnic. My sister is on a swim team, so I've had to drive her to her practices at 8:15am, and go to a couple of her meets (one was at 7:30am on a SATURDAY).
Really, things could've been a lot worse, but I definitely will be feeling relief when mom comes home tomorrow.