Have you ever seen that e-mail going around where the husband comes home to ask his wife what she did all day and it goes into these crazy stories of everyday life of a stay-at-home-mom? That's how I'm feeling today. It's an odd day. Unfortunatly, as sometimes happens, I didn't even get to talk to my Joel today about all the stuff that's been going on. Who knows where he is right now..at 10:20 pm. Obviously not at the Tuckersmith base of I would have heard from him. It's our tradition.
Anyway, back to my day. It was one of those days where you feel like you're being stretched so thin you're going to snap. Where there's so much on your plate that things keep falling off. Where you feel like a hamster in a wheel, running in circles without really getting anything accomplished. Please tell me I'm not the only one who has these days :) I was fascinated by the idea I saw in a scrapbooking magazine to do a page called "So what did you do today". The problem is, it's so much work to prepare for the page I'm not sure I'd be able to keep up with it. You record all the tasks you do in a day...starting at 2 am if that's when you're toddler wakes up screaming. You put them all together, with times and short statements of what you did and you make a page about it. Then you do this years later, to see how much your life has changed. It's so intriguing, I'm really going to try and do it sometime.
I mean, there are some things that I got done today that actually look like I got them done. On the only sunny day of the week I managed to hang out the remainder of my weekly laundry and the bedding. I planned our entire day tomorrow which involves several stops in Waterloo in the 6 or so hours we have between when we drop Izzy and Obi at the bus stop and when we pick them up. I tried to organize and price the BUCKETS of clothing, toys, infant stuff etc. that I'm putting in a mom-to-mom sale that is being held as a fundraiser for Owen's Light. I managed to pick Izzy up at 3:35, run her home to change, leave for ballet by 4 pm and have them all in bed by 7:45. Although I didn't get any homemade desert baked for a dinner we are going to tomorrow night. I guess that's what bakeries are for. Well, that's probably about all the tangible tasks that I accomplished. De-cluttering is very exhausting. I will be so glad when this sale is over and whatever doesn't sell I'm determined I will give away and not put back into my home.
Well, my head is spinning as I try to think of what on earth I did all day. My head aches and I have to get to sleep. Tomorrow is going to be a great day (pick up my new glasses, visit with Leah at Grand River hospital and have lunch with my dear friend Sari and her family and be back at the bus stop by 3:35). I just pray that I get a full night of sleep. This week the kids have been off. Lyric's been getting up several times, I've had Obi up as well.
Talk to you tomorrow,
Mel
ps: put this picture on because it seems so surreal. The sunset at MacGregor. Beautiful, peaceful, stress-less. Ahhh. Is it almost summer again ? ;)
1 comment:
You are so not the only one with days like this, Mel! I think we ALL have them from time to time. Sounds to me like you actually accomplished quite a lot, especially if you're more tired than usual due to your little ones waking in the night.
I am so enjoying your blog. Thanks for sharing your life!
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