This is today. One picture sums up my entire day so far and it's only 11:30 a.m. It's actually a good picture of what my week has been like. I feel like burnt cinnamon rolls.
I hate weeks like this that I am stressed out and overwhelmed. It doesn't happen often, but I haven't had a day to just relax in...I can't even remember. Sometimes I just feel like I'm being pulled in 500 different directions. "Mommmm I need toilet paper." "Mommmmm I'm hungry." "Mommmm, I'm scared." "He's touching me!!!" "Oh gah, vegetables again?"
I get burnt out on cooking, laundry, cleaning, making lists, and dare I say it, even homeschool. DON'T say it. I will find you and I might not be nice. Yes homeschool is my choice, and one I will never regret.
As with most homeschooling and stay at home moms, we don't just sit around eating brownies and watching Grey's Anatomy. I mean who wouldn't want to sit on the couch all day and do that, but there's only 24 hours in a day, and lately I can't seem to fit much else into my day. Sorry McDreamy, but I've got dishes to do. (High 5 to working moms who really have to do it all, I tried it, and I wasn't good at it.)
So, with all of that being said. and all of my griping and complaining about it. I am equally thankful for all of those messes and piles of laundry. I really do try and keep this frame of mind even when I want to cry because there is jelly on the counter....again. Even when I have to fold 34343 towels...again. Even when I have to keep the kids from arguing...AGAIN.
This..my family, my chaos, is my life, and I wouldn't change it for the world. I will one day have clean counters, and one load of clothes, and it will be quiet. It will be like plain dry toast rather than burnt cinnamon rolls. This life with kids and messes and housework is what I know. It's what God had intended for me. God's plans for me are always good, even if they aren't always easy.
So T is for today, AND tomorrow because today I feel like burnt cinnamon rolls, and I would take that over plain dry toast any day.
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Ya know, some days we have burnt cinnamon rolls, and they really don't taste that bad. It's just perfectly fine with all wives and moms have on their plate that you don't have it all together all the time. :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Tim! This is why I always say, tomorrow is a new day! It's a chance to start over lol!
DeleteIf you put the icing on those cinnamon rolls, they won't look bad at all. I've done that often. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for speaking out on behalf of all the tired homeschooling moms that have hard days now and then. You're right that I wouldn't change it for the world, but an afternoon sitting on the couch eating bon bons does sound nice. :)
I think next time, I will put the icing on for sure. :) I say we have a national bon bon eating day...why not? We deserve it! LOL
DeleteTotally get this! My husband and I were on a walk yesterday morning and we passed an elementary school, where the kids were being dropped off. What a different life that is! But like you said, I wouldn't trade this for anything. And my oldest is now 19, and going into the Air Force this summer. Cherish even the crazy days! It all goes too fast.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right about how fast it goes! I have a 20 year old and an 18 year old...where does the time go?
DeleteYep, those days...weeks...happen frequently around here, too.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad it's not just around here lol!
DeleteRight with you! On the whole, it's wonderful. On any given day, sometimes I'm tired, frustrated, burned out. No matter how much you love what you do, there's always going to times where you're just done in.
ReplyDeleteExactly! Some weeks are just worst than others, but I wouldn't change it for the world!
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