Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Coming Up for Air...

Last week was just a mess. Icky. Stressful. Looooong.

My cozy intro at my job wore off and things went into warp speed, resulting in a late work night on a Friday. Ugh. On the home front, the kids had a bad sleep week, and I was miles behind on house work from overindulging in fun and ignoring chores Labor Day weekend. Then cooler temperatures descended and I realized the kids had nothing to wear, always a fun discovery at 6:00 AM during the work week. It seemed for every one thing I got off my list, five things were added, and the more I had to do, the more I just wanted to crawl into bed and sleep, which is what I ended up doing Saturday afternoon. I had intended to just take a quick 20-minute nap next to Lainey, but I fell asleep hard and fast with my little lady cuddled up next to me and didn’t stir for over two hours. Oops…

I beat myself up for sleeping instead whittling down my “to do” list. Just as I was getting myself really agitated, I managed to stop, breathe, and imagine what I would say to a friend in my situation. Then I took my own advice and decided nothing life shattering was on my list and the world would keep turning if I never did even one thing on it. Then I stopped cleaning the kitchen and went and colored with Lainey.


This week is proving to be another challenging one (and will be capped off by Mark taking a weekend trip away). I’ll be trying to keep perspective and stay positive instead of letting the doldrums creep up on me.  But, they’re sneaky little suckers, those duldrums…good thing I have my two sunshines to help battles them away!

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