the last two weeks i couldn't find time to even shower...i was either bathing a child, feeding one, or making their lunch to send with them. my other fav was sitting at the bus stop waiting and waiting some more, because i didn't know the schedule. one day i spent a total of 1hr 35min sitting at one bus stop, the other bus stop, or behind gavens school. in my two hours alone i would unpack and clean as much as i could before they came home. then we would go through backpacks, get snacks (feeding again! i swear that is all i do some days), start homework, and it was time to make dinner. then get them ready for bed and ready for the next day.
i think i have found my groove. worse case scenario on the bus situation....they would have to walk from the corner of the block to our corner (yes a total of 3 houses) home without their momma. wah. they have had hot lunch two days in a row and my house isn't as perfect as i thought it would be by now, but i am happy. a happy momma is so much more important than pictures being hung on the wall. i made a choice to spend that 2 hrs (now 3hrs because i'm not sitting at a bus stop) as some free time to recharge. there will be days i get stuff done around here during that time i'm sure, but today; i treated myself to a target trip to get cat food....doesn't have to be spa treatment kind of day...just time out without feeding, bathing, or holding someones hand. while i was there i might have gotten a LARGE bag of reeses dark chocolate peanut butter cups. i also went to the library and skipped the kids area completely....straight up to non-fiction i went. as i walked out of the library, i gave thought to what i just checked out....cooking, sewing, birdhouses, adopting a dog, houseplants, and gardening. pretty damn good life i have...it would be wrong not to take a couple hours a week to myself to learn and grow.(i may or may not have eaten 12 pb cups while i was blogging this....they are dark chocolate and are seasonal...have to take advantage of that too)
So glad to see your blog again. You inspire me. Doesnt have to be much but you do!! hugs
I cant believe how big Luci is. She is adorable.
Posted by: Pam Ballard | September 22, 2009 at 06:39 PM
Glad to hear you are getting in some sort of groove...soak up that me time while you can!
Posted by: Julie | September 23, 2009 at 05:54 AM