and way too many to count.
This has been a hard week for me; I've been in such a "funk" and feeling overwhelmed beyond belief and I just haven't been able to pull myself through very well. This is not the first time, nor the last I'm sure, that I've struggled so much, but it has been the first time to last so long. I just cannot seem to keep up around the house with my day to day responsibilities, add to that the little bits of finishing up the redecorating the girls' room, the projects awaiting me in mine, the realization that I don't have tons of time to do the boy's room and being the sole caregiver for two beautiful and energetic little girls and you can begin to imagine how quickly I burn through what little energy I do have right now.
I'm trying to take things just one day at a time but I find myself daydreaming about what it could be like to have just a few days of some extra help just so I can regroup and move on from this madness. Seeing as how family is a whopping 1200+ miles away, that obviously will remain a fantasy.
I have heard from Mike a couple times this week and he's still as busy as ever, working 18+ hour days. On top of that, he's had to find the time to get his packet squared away for the boards and has needed me to do some work back here for him. Hopefully he'll get what I've sent him in time and Rear D is working on some other stuff for him, but that should be done pretty quickly. Hopefully it all pays off. I'll keep you posted.
I have added a few more pictures to our site, but i keep forgetting to get better pics of the girls' room. It's usually this time of night I think of it, and I am certainly not going to wake up a sleeping Ivie.
I must go and try to make some sense of the craziness overtaking my bedroom. I don't know I'll get much accomplished tonight, but I'll take anything I can right now!
2 comments:
Hang in there. We're praying for you, we love you and we're really PROUD of you! I think you're amazing.
One of the best things I've learned from Flylady is that anything you do is better than it was before. So even 5 or 10 minutes of cleaning means it's cleaner than it was before! :) :) Just set yourself a timer, or if the girls listen to music, do something a little different for each song. So for one song pick something to clean/do for 2-3 minutes, then rest for the next song or two. Then go at it again if you have something you want to continue doing. This should help you not get so overwhelmed, and the girls may find it fun to help too if there are things they can do. Make it a game of "see how many toys you can put away during this song" or something like that, and you could see how many dishes you could put away in that same amount of time, etc. But when the music stops, STOP! And all 3 of you can relax and look at what you've accomplished, and maybe do another song if you want to. Praying for you guys and the little one on the way!!!
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