Thank you to everyone who commiserated or simply stopped by to offer encouragement on my last post – Overwhelmed. Today was spent addressing the overwhelm. Prepping, prepping for when T is away next week (ALL week). So next week I will excuse myself from cleaning – just maintenance of a kitchen sink and general house pick-up. Well, and surfaces since clutter generally gets on my nerves. My physical surrounding are important to me and directly impact my mental health.
I admit I am on edge lately. Example: got a very friendly text from a dear friend H on Friday afternoon to call her. My reaction: “Is everything okay??” She goes “yeah, I just miss you.” Talking about overreacting. That shows that I may be experiencing some anxiety and, yes, overwhelm.
T took the kids to gymnastics in the morning so I had the morning to myself. Started with ungluing August and gluing December on our refrigerator. Also wrote any upcoming things. That made me feel more in control.
Peeked into laundry room. Hooo boy. Got inspired to do our bed sheets AND both pillows. Don’t ask me why.
L’s room is borderline presentable. But just yesterday she stepped on a game piece, broke it, and almost hurt her foot. Today all those tiny pieces went away as well as the board game itself. We have had it for a year, it served its purpose, thank you and goodbye. I then peeked into R’s room that is almost always a disaster. I mean, he is three and a half so I understand he needs help cleaning up.
After gymnastics R was DONE with the world and needed a nap, so I caught up on a few blogs while L was doing Khan academy. We then went to Walmart to get new slippers for me and a few other necessary things for the upcoming week. Came back, had a good thunderstorm (thank you!), and made dinner.
On Sunday we realized that R has a poster project for preschool. He is not capable of creating a poster alone so him and I went to Walmart and picked up a poster board and some supplies. The poster came out cute! We even glued actual Lucky Charms on it, since it’s an example of R’s favorite food. The marshmallows melted and stained the paper. Oh well 😀
How was your weekend?
Mom of Children 