It’s Friday, and I am at the end of my rope. Monday was awful, but then the rest of the week shaped up relatively okay. I am still so behind the blog reading and commenting, meals, and my book.
A fellow blogger Naomie reflected on silver linings, and I want to do the same.
1. We hired a once a week pick up person. On Thursday, Charlotte picked R up at preschool and brought him to jiu jitsu. Then I met them there after class and brought R home. Having that hour and a half was priceless. Too bad I didn’t plan well: I could have brought sneakers and gone for a hike, could have brought my book and read. Could have gotten a pedicure. This was the first time so from now on I will be ready 🙂
2. I did virtual yoga twice, even with kids at the house. On Tuesday, I gave them specific instructions: at 6:15, mom is doing yoga, you can watch 30 minutes of TV, then you have 30 minutes to play. They did well. On Wednesday yoga was at 7:30 and by that time they were sleeping.
3. I bribed R with a very small half a scoop of ice cream to eat his dinner this whole week: rice, beans, broccoli, tomatoes. But no chicken. He plainly refused, and I didn’t push. At least he had other food.
4. On Wednesday, my boss came into my class to observe (typical occurrence in education) and left extremely complementary feedback. The lesson was very good.
5. Every day this week, the kids played at L’s aftercare playground. So, I would sign her out then we will stay for another 15-20 minutes. It’s so great. Her school is brand new so the equipment is still clean and functional.
6. In spite of a difficult week, sleep was fine. I was down at 8:30-9 THE latest, and up at 5-5/30.
7. Writing about the hard week on the blog was helpful. Firstly, it was cathartic, like writing in a journal. Secondly, fellow bloggers stopped by, offered support, left comments. It was nice to see that they are with me in spirit.
8. Coco’s post about her and her daughter’s childhood put a smile on my face.
9. Not having email open constantly at work and not checking it at home at all felt good. It felt like I was setting a boundary. My email is not on my phone but there is a way to connect it, and at some point I felt the restless itch, but then said NO. There is absolutely nothing in the email that I need to see at 7pm at night. I won’t be able to address it then why do I need to SEE it? If there is something bad, it will just steal my peace.
10. Thankful for neighbors on both sides. Neighbor and fellow mom 1 is where L goes in the mornings. Neighbor 2 on the other side is where R goes to play all the time. So on both sides of our house I have two solid connections and very generous souls that can help in an emergency or just to vent.
How was your week? Any silver linings?
Mom of Children 