Sometimes I feel like I'm totally in control, the house is amazing, and my kids are in line.
Then I wake up.
Where, oh where, did I lose my grip on this family? What moment pushed me out of this speeding car? And will I ever regain my role as ruler of this household? I LOVE all of my committments - friends, kids, job, Aldrich - but it's too much. I feel like I'm giving 50% to all of them. I am a 110% kind of girl so this scraping by drives me nuts!
Something's gotta give, y'all, but I don't want to give anything up!
Sigh. Ramblings like this are what happens when Matilda wakes me up at 4:30 to retrieve her nuk from the floor and I'm unable to go back to sleep. Now, I have to get breakfast, do dishes, bathe and dress all of us, return a shirt at Target, get diapers, design and make fundraiser posters, bring catalogs to my friend, do a cubby stuffer at Aldrich, mow the lawn, go to the bank, do laundry, send Lunch Bunch reminder emails, clean the bedrooms, make and clean lunch and dinner, and go to a meeting tonight for the Aldrich fall party. Oh yeah, and there are two children in there somewhere who expect to be properly raised. And have I mentioned my lovely husband who would like a chance to see me, too?
Well, no time for brooding - I'm off to tackle today!
3 comments:
You've always been exceptional and an over-achiever. But take some time for yourself, too!
And people think that us stay at home moms sit around all day and watch soaps!!
You are an amazing woman and mom! As your grandma said, it is very important to take some time for yourself, even 10 minutes (which even that seems impossible), each day!
I forgot to ask you how your job is going?? Hope you are still loving it! I can totally relate...we should commiserate more...like over desert or something : )
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