* From the Incredibles
I am on the verge of a mini break down. Just a mini one. THERE ARE TOO MANY THINGS TO DO IN ONE DAY.
Seriously, how do people survive this?
So far this is my week:
- Monday was an off day, spent the entire morning with girls outside/at neighbors to keep them out of Jay’s hair so he could relax.
- Sunday night? Luna requested to go in panties at night. And peed three times over night. Yeah!
- Tuesday, back to work (yea!) and take Jay to his infusion and to get Luna back at daycare and Soleil back at school after the break.
- Wednesday, look at the week and realize Jay needs to take Luna to the doc to do an ear check, go to pick up Soleil’s RIGHT Boot and return the LEFT boot that we had to take at the play space Sunday when someone took her right boot by mistake. And get the kids to temple. Oh and write a phase 2 proposal for XMM. And on Friday I am walking the school with Soleil (DON’T ASK), and going to her doctor to discuss anger management (an upcoming protected post) and then work
- Have I mentioned that I am also working on two Girl Scout volunteer awards projects?
- And I just set up a community service project for my Brownies? (we’re making valentine’s day cards for people in the hospital)
- And I was just assigned a fun job at work on the radiation belt ingress and egress (YES! It is fun, but alot of work)
How do other moms DO this? Are we really expected to be supermoms? Seriously?
How do people handle all of this?
I have no idea how people do it. I walked into my bosses office yesterday, closed the door, and cried, cried, cried. I told him I wasn’t coming in the rest of the week.
My schedule isn’t nearly as busy or complex as yours but I’m hanging on by a thread.
The stomach bug has knocked Grace out three times, me once, and Ava has a nasty cough and a double ear infection.
I hope things get a bit easier for you.
All we can do is our best. What does that mean? That something always suffers. The trick is to make it different things at different times, so that nothing is shortchanged all the time
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I dont know – it sounds exhausting!
BTW I would be really interested in what the doctor has to say about anger management as Lily has quite a temper (gets it from me, no doubt) and sometimes I dont know what to do, but we are trying. Any practical ideas would be much appreciated.
Hang in there
Don’t ask me…I don’t have a job outside the house and I’m still always running around!
Julie
It’s refreshing to read a blog where the mom works- so many of them don’t. I don’t intend any judgment there, just glad to know I’m not the only one feeling like I live inside a tornado.
I don’t know either but hang in there…my Mom always told me as the kids get older, you do less. I am still waiting.