Probably something most of us do in smll increments… often… maybe even say while MULTITASKING in the er… bathroom? But me… I don’t even have time for THAT! Most of the time when I am using the potty I find myself also, doing hair, cleaning the floor around me or completing some other task such as stitching on a button. I realized that in the past 6 months my “me” time has gone from NEXT to nothing… to absolutely nothing. If I get a shower once every 3 days… I am totally peachy keen. But still … the madness eventually has to stop!
I realized, finally, that feeling burnt out and maxed out was mostly, my OWN doing. Sucks to say it but true just the same.
I need to take time to catch all my bloggy friends up on my world but until I have time for that insanely long post I will give you the short version:
March 20 (something…) we closed on our old and moved OUT!. Signed sealed delivered… done! We moved INto my parent’s home. At this point… my parent’s new “apartment” is still months away from completion because we never anticipated the house selling that quickly (although we prayed and hoped it would be so). So… here we are … one big happy family. Most days.
April was a work month. Work on this and that and more of this and that. And work until you think you cannot work anymore and its STILL not done. Feeling a bit hopeless and thinking there is no end in sight. Oiy vey.
May. My little sister is in a car accident and totals her boyfriend’s car. Now I would be the first one to razz on my sister about her driving faux pa’s but this one… truly not her fault! So she is minus 1 job and plus 1 wheelchair due to a surgery that took 18 pins an helluva long plate to put her ankle back together. This means… yes folks… enter younger sister into house and boyfriend for most waking hours of the day.
June comes with its necessary sundries. WEDDING season is upon us and to say I have not a minute to breathe is probably right. But here I sit blogging… how is that? LOL
So… now that you are caught up… (oh yeah and somewhere along the way.. enters one new Dog as anniversary present to my father from my mother… 6 month old Pomeranian puppy named Emerson… yup… called her an idiot!)
At any rate… my sister, sitting aound the house, able to do WAY more than she lets on and generally feeling sorry for herself was given a lecture about what “I” would do if “I” had all this time on my hands. (I mean that is what big sisters are good for right?) So it began… “you know… I would love to have NOTHING to do all day except sit around, watch TV and be on the computer… if only I had SO much to do I would get myself a tan, catch up on reading, find something artsy to do…” oh the place my imagination went…..
At any rate… my sister… having done none of these things I would LOVE to have time to do.. susequently pissed me off. So I decided. I was going to read a magazine, on the back porch, in my bathing suit, in the sun, while my kids played in the pool. So I did.
I read exactly 1/2 of all the articles in some random edition of Parent’s magazine and you know what. I LIKED IT! A LOT! LOL I could have sat down and delved into an installment of the latest Oprah book club recommendation but I would have gotten all of 10 pages into it, stained by chlorine water, and I am sure by that point I would have had to referee someone or make some meal or fulfill some other motherly duty but a magazine. It’s a perfect fit! How to tips to motivate, a little comedic escape about Potty Training by Jay Mahr and I solved my house cleaning conundrum all in the span of 45 minutes… wow.. now that is what I call a GOOD day! I think I mght try it again tomorrow!
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