You know those days…
When the kids seem EXTRA irritable, and are crying or whining all day, and refuse to take naps. You have so many phone calls to make, emails to send, papers to write, (in my case) tests to take, shopping to do, and oh yeah, don’t forget to feed the kids (AND yourself) in the midst of all this. It feels like your head will start spinning off your neck, and you look at it all and just decide to do…NOTHING. I know it seems counter-productive, and maybe even like self-sabotage, but sometimes, you really do just have to let it all go for a day (maybe even two), and just sit down, and try to relax. It is EXTREMELY hard for me to do, because I hate looking at the laundry just sitting there, unfolded. Sometimes I daydream that, like a Disney movie, a little song will come on, and the clothes will just jump up and fold themselves, the dishes will wash themselves, the kids will be happy all day, and everything will run smoothly, and calmly.
But then reality sets in, and I realize, I just need to sit my butt down sometimes. I can’t do everything, as much as I would like to believe I can. I am only one person, and I will not risk making myself freak out because I can’t let some stuff slide for a few days. It will get done, the world will not come crashing to a halt, and I have retained my sanity for another day.
Whew! Ok, now i’m off to bang out some of this homework…
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