Twenty-eight days of summer have passed us by. Fifty-one days before school starts again are left.
Somehow, on most of these days I have managed to wrangle three children through their various difficulties, heartbreaks, activities, injuries and super-cool-fun-times while still cranking out a reasonable amount of work.
Today? Today is not one of those days.
At some point in the distant future when these children are grown1 and I’m enjoying the soothing ocean breezes on the lanai with three other feisty ladies who share my pastel peach-and-blue hued house2 I will look back on this time with the utmost amazement that I managed to do all that I am doing without a) completely losing my mind and b) abandoning all pretense of personal hygiene.
I’m doing this — and even I don’t know how. I guess I should give myself credit for keeping most of my balls in the air instead of beating myself up for not doing more.
Right?
Right. Some days I have trouble managing the one child (oh, and the husband – child 2) I have. How you manage your crew on your own, I don’t know.
You should not beat yourself up at all. I have so much respect for you and others like you, because I could not do it. I had to babysit my two nephews just this past weekend and I almost lost my mind.
absolutely you should! Somehow we always think we could ( or should?) be doing more. Let us celebrate the small victories – like hygiene! hehe