I don't even know what to write about today but I realize that now that I'm back to work and don't have many hours of the day to sit and surf the web I need to make time for my blog. I am gone for about 10+ hours a day, haven't been home until after 10:30 most nights so far and I just need to figure out how to run my life with the 3 beautiful children that I have and work at the same time. Oh, did I mention that I would also like to take a shower every few days at least? I figured that since I already had 2 kids I would just float right into life with 3. Well, I lied to myself. It's not as easy as I led myself to believe it would be. I have really good kids but there is just so much that needs to be done. So this is what I have decided.
#1 Shower whenever you are able. There may not be another chance for a while.
#2 Let the kids that are able pick out their own clothes. It saves me a few minutes to get something else done and they get to learn how to make decisions that they have to live with for the rest of the day. Who cares if the red plaid is matched with the greens stripes. They are going to daycare, nobody cares what they are wearing.
#3 Sometimes it really is easier to eat fast food than bring a lunch. Don't sweat it when there isn't any leftovers to take. You didn't fail.
#4 As long as your children are fed and kept warm they are fine. Sometimes reading a story will get bumped for taking a shower. Don't worry about it. There is more time for stories later, also there is more time to shower later (well maybe not but you can skip this occasionally)
#5 Long hair is great, there is little you have to do to get ready and when you don't have time to spend on it you can throw it into a ponytail and go. Same goes for your children, long hair just needs to be combed and washed regularly.
#6 Let your husband do the dishes, laundry, vacuuming. Even if you don't like how he does it at least it got done.
#7 Macaroni and cheese and hot dogs is perfectly acceptable for dinner. And the children love it.
OK, those are my new rules to live by. I'm going to remember that life keeps going regardless of what you have going on.
Candice's wedding is fast approaching. Two weeks from Friday is the Bachelorette party of the century! Pure Romance party to start the evening with good food and drinks. Then on to Brit's Pub to partake of the Royal Wedding Reception. Should be an absolute blast. It will be EPIC!
Three weeks from this Friday is the wedding in Arizona at the Grand Canyon. Our flight leaves on Wednesday and we return on Sunday. This is FIVE days of only adults. I'm not sure how I'm going to handle being away from my children for that long as I haven't ever been separated for that long. Oh, and I'm nursing Alex so I get to pump all week to keep up the supply. I do have quite the pile of frozen milk in the freezer for while we are gone though.
I'm not sure those of you who don't have kids realize how much stuff I have to pack for these 5 days with Grandma. There's the normal stuff like clothes, underwear and that sort. Then there is blankets, stroller, carrier, extra shoes, pillows, formula, milk, bottles, diapers, and more that I can't even think of. I'm going to do my best to drop all of this off the day before we leave and then just drop off the stuff that we can't live without for a night, like pillows and blankets. What a trip we are taking!
I plan to drop the girls off at daycare that morning and then finish packing for myself. I don't even remember when my flight leaves so I don't know how early this morning is going to be! Oh, well it will be a great vacation and probably the last one for quite a while. Once I get home from this I have nothing on the books for months. I plan to take 3 days off to get my tubes tied in June and then I have nothing besides birthday parties from here to the end of time.
So I'm hoping to survive the next 3 weeks! Wish me luck!!!
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