Have you ever felt there is so much to conquer in one day you think you just want to give up before the sun rises? When there is soooo much to do, you become overwhelmed and you decide you can't do any of it. That is how I feel on this cold, Tuesday morning. My list has at least 4 million tasks on it and I can't even bare the thought of tackling 5 of them. My head is spinning with so much to do!! I actually enjoy lists, they help me stay organized and I feel validated when they are complete. But today I just can't quite muster up the energy to just go for it. Probably because I know my list is just W A Y to long.
Besides all the usual tasks of being a mom like 1000 drop offs and pick ups, basketball practices, soccer games, homework for 3 kids , grocery shopping, 200 loads of laundry, dirty diapers, last night dishes, preparing a healthy dinner (argh!) , I look around the mountain house and feel the sinking feeling of PACKING. I honestly can't do it. I look around at all of our piles of clothes, coats, school work, shoes, toys and I just want to cry! I think of the 3 rooms downstairs that are full of boxes opened and searched through trying to find the lost shoe or church shirt, the boxes of Christmas hastily put away, the boxes of endlessness. It's just too much. Now don't get me wrong, we have been blessed to be here, but after 5 months of no proper storage and organization, things are piling and it's not a pretty sight. My stomach hurts.
Let alone the stress of the house with the builder calling me with last minute details of everything and anything you could think of. The painter wants my final say on the color for the shingles, the dining room light is wrong, the bar lights still not installed , the landscaper needs answers, the cement is cracked....my list goes on and on. I think I will never ever ever build again. People warned us but we did not listen and thought it would be a piece of cake! Hah! Our mistake, not to be made again.
So I simply sit at the computer hoping that a magic fairy will come into my life and POOF, complete everything on my list, get it all done. But sadly I know the reality of it and I better start HAULIN' my body to get even a dent on my list.
Thanks for listening to my rant, it feels good.
9 comments:
Can your magic fairy come and take away the ticket I got this morning on the way home from the school!!!
Or maybe she could come flatten the tires of the stupid cop who gave it to me...or shove that piece of cake in his face...or maybe throw frozen snowballs at his head...
I'm sorry your list is so long today. Just know that someone else had a crappy morning too. Sounds like we need something special...
Your house is going to be worth. I know it!
Love you.
Can I help?? I can pack a box and organize things. My other suggestions is to just leave it and lets go hang out. Probably not as productive, but way more fun!! Seriously, I'd love to help.
oops, Whit checked her e-mail before school and it was still logged in under her name.
Yowza. I know it sounds lame but it will all be SO WORTH IT when you are in that totally magnif new house of your's.
And I can come help, but I just found out I'm allergic to 48 things (this is not a joke) and I'm pretty sure packing boxes is one of them. ;)
I like "rant" blogs too, because it makes me feel like I'm not the only person in the world that freaks out sometimes. You can do it sis!
xoxo
Oh my gosh Robyn you had me laughing and laughing, thank you for making my day. I would love to have the magic fairy shove cake in his face....!
Kim-you are always sooooooo nice and always trying to help. If I could just be as organized as you (with 5 kids, your awesome!) then I wouldn't have this problem.
Brie-Allergic to 48 things? Holy Moly. Maybe your cats count as like 37 of them b/c they are like lions! Thanks for the pep talk. L
Thanks goodness for friends..love ya all!
you guys are all great. i can't wait to move ... but th e bad thing is that we have to MOVE!!!! ugghhhh!! sorry, i'm just as stressed out as mom. but sometimes it can be fun.
I do not want to imagine what you are going through or even try to remember. its why people only build once. And moving always sucks and I need a more dignified word but i can't think of it as i am too tired. We had to take a missionary to the hospital last night and did not get to sleep until two a.m. ...You can make it because life is like this a lot. The reward comes after the torture!
Hey girl. Ahhhh! Those kind of days for me are when I go into Home Depot (for instance) and scream at a helpless employee that was making me wait, or go through a drive-thru to get an ice cream cone (that I saw the pubescent boy touch) and throw it on the ground in front of him. And then callthe manager when I get home. All sorts of things may happen when I get feeling overwhelmed. I become very mean!!!
At least you can keep your composure in front of others and always look beautiful.
Sorry for the SHIZZZZ that you're going through! I would help anytime...you know that....but I know you'll never take me up on it :) :)
Brooke, Oh my... you had me rolling.i love the icecream story, that is the BEST!!!! omg, i am grateful for siter's! LOVE ya and thanks for your kind words!!
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