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I have finally come to the conclusion that the only way I will ever be able to accomplish half of what I want and need to do is to give up sleeping. Already, I get far less than the norm--anywhere from 4-6 hours on most days. This Saturday, I had the rare occasion to sleep til 8:30 a.m. Unfortunately, I should've gotten up hours earlier because the soccer games we THOUGHT had been canceled due to rain were not and were scheduled to start at 9 a.m. Two kids, two games, two fields, two separate parks--both at 9 a.m. Nothing like panic to get everyone up and out of the house quickly.
This weekend, I had high hopes. I had a long list of things to do, as usual. But this time I thought I might be able to get most of it done, if not all of it. The games, I thought, would be canceled, freeing up time Saturday morning. When that didn't work out, I still had ambitions of accomplishing half of my list. But then I took my daughters to the mall, and there went the day.
Shopping is not something I do well with my children, especially when it comes to clothes. Usually, one or both of us ends up fighting and saying things we wish we hadn't, and we come home with nothing. We go to the mall about once a year, mainly because I hate the crowds and the long drive to the one area mall that seems to have the stores we need. This time, the girls behaved rather well, and somehow I held my tongue--most of the time, anyway. We even bought some clothes, though they were not nearly enough. (My 14-year-old and I have been in a tug of war on clothes for so long that she is down to 2 pairs of jeans and a handful of old t-shirts.)
At any rate, by the time the games were done, the mall trip was finished, and we got home--it was 6 p.m. Dinner, chores, and a much-needed movie from Blockbuster filled out the day.
Sunday wasn't much different. Church, lunch, cutting the front and back yards, prepping the vegetable bed, and laundry took up most of the day. What was left was consumed with a 3-hour trip to Walmart for over $300 worth of groceries and household needs! That's far longer than my normal grocery run (and more expensive!) but I knew we needed more than I could push in my lone cart. So I bribed the 10-year-old to go with me. She did help by pushing the cart with the "light" things, but she also slowed us down considerably by looking at everything we passed and asking if we could buy it. By the time we left, my patience and my back were gone.
The saving grace today was that I took about 45 minutes to research a bit more on my writing. I didn't actually get to WRITE, which was the goal, but I put down quite a few thoughts, refreshed my memory, and felt that I accomplished one small task.
Now, if I can just stay awake all night to finish the others!
This weekend, I had high hopes. I had a long list of things to do, as usual. But this time I thought I might be able to get most of it done, if not all of it. The games, I thought, would be canceled, freeing up time Saturday morning. When that didn't work out, I still had ambitions of accomplishing half of my list. But then I took my daughters to the mall, and there went the day.
Shopping is not something I do well with my children, especially when it comes to clothes. Usually, one or both of us ends up fighting and saying things we wish we hadn't, and we come home with nothing. We go to the mall about once a year, mainly because I hate the crowds and the long drive to the one area mall that seems to have the stores we need. This time, the girls behaved rather well, and somehow I held my tongue--most of the time, anyway. We even bought some clothes, though they were not nearly enough. (My 14-year-old and I have been in a tug of war on clothes for so long that she is down to 2 pairs of jeans and a handful of old t-shirts.)
At any rate, by the time the games were done, the mall trip was finished, and we got home--it was 6 p.m. Dinner, chores, and a much-needed movie from Blockbuster filled out the day.
Sunday wasn't much different. Church, lunch, cutting the front and back yards, prepping the vegetable bed, and laundry took up most of the day. What was left was consumed with a 3-hour trip to Walmart for over $300 worth of groceries and household needs! That's far longer than my normal grocery run (and more expensive!) but I knew we needed more than I could push in my lone cart. So I bribed the 10-year-old to go with me. She did help by pushing the cart with the "light" things, but she also slowed us down considerably by looking at everything we passed and asking if we could buy it. By the time we left, my patience and my back were gone.
The saving grace today was that I took about 45 minutes to research a bit more on my writing. I didn't actually get to WRITE, which was the goal, but I put down quite a few thoughts, refreshed my memory, and felt that I accomplished one small task.
Now, if I can just stay awake all night to finish the others!
posted by Tif at 9:20 PM
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