What a whirlwind this past week has been. I am thinking I need to give Oprah a call and have an intervention. It's really all my fault as I have a hard time saying NO. It's a simple word, No. Why is it that saying this simple two letter word can cause so much trouble. Better yet, why is it that NOT saying this two letter word can cause an enormous amount of trouble.
I am busy. Four kids busy! I work part-time, I do my photography on the side, I'm the PTA mom, my kids are involved in numerous activities, my husband and I run our own remodeling company, I don't have a housekeeper (but a great mom who helps) and my goodness, the list goes on. I'm overwhelmed and I can figure out where to stop and where to start.
I was lucky enough to be invited on a mommy/kid retreat for spring break. It was fun but at the same time, we were still being mom's and this time single moms! I was only 1/2 mom since the two older boys went with dad to my eldest son's baseball tournament. The trip was great, we swam, knitted, played games and tried our darnedest to get the kids in bed on time. Black Butte is a beautiful vacation retreat with homes, wildlife, recreation and such. We couldn't ride bikes or do much outside as we had a late spring snow storm. I did however shovel a 75ft driveway with another gal. That makes up for all the junk food we ate, right? The trip was fabulous but I was gone for five whole days so let's see....five days of laundry, five days of office catch up, five days of behind and I'm still editing photo's for a couple of shoots I've had recently and again....the list, it doesn't stop! (aren't you all glad I took the time to write on my blog today) :)
I would love some advice for a true ADD mom who keeps piling it on her plate and can't seem to figure out where it ends. My husband gave me a good slap last night as we were chatting. I was informed that the parent who handled sponsorships for our high school baseball team was no longer involved this year and no one had picked up the slack. As I was walking out of the room just smiled and said..."Maybe I'll give the coach a call tomorrow and see if I can help" REALLY! WHY DON'T YOU JUST ADD MORE TO THE LIST" he yells and then he started laughing like a crazy person. Hmm, I guess you have a point. It just came out of my mouth! It has to be done and if I don't do it, no one will. How do you handle this? How do you stop doing and finish what you have started? Where do we draw the line? ponder that while I go finish hanging and tagging the 12 bins of outgrowns I'm putting into a consignment sale next week....ugh!~
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