WOW! The kids, Matt and I have been sick since Christmas and we are now pushing the end of January. Actually, a few weeks before Christmas the kids all came down with Bronchitis. That was enjoyable. NOT! I mean, part of me loves the cuddly phase of sickness where they just want you to hold them all the time, but the rest of me is ready for them to be better.
It's hard to get them to eat normally with them being sick so it seems to me that I'm making a lot of wasted food. Time to scale back kitchen production I think.
This round, Jenny the nurse practitioner from Dr. Braddy's office in Dieterich thinks that Jack may have strep and the other two a virus, but when I called her back a few days later from their initial visit she said it could possibly be the flu. Lovely. Her advice, keep doing what I'm doing. I love hearing that from doctors. Partly, because it strengthens my confidence as a mom, but the other part of me thinks, "really??? I just paid $64 to hear you say keep doing what I'm doing??" Oh well, such is life and I'm thankful that it isn't more serious.
We aren't sure what Matt has. The NP that he saw said a virus, but he seems to be getting worse and it has been three weeks for him and now I'm starting to feel congested AGAIN. It's winter though, so I guess that can be expected.
With all this craziness, it has made me feel so out of control of things at the house and I really hate that, so I'm determined to once again get back to our routine and even set up a schedule for my self and be strict. I know that flexibility can sometimes be a virtue, but I can't help but sometimes feel I need to be selfish for my own sanity sake. It seems if I put everything around here on the back burner that others usually find a way to fill my time.
To reclaim some sanity (if that is even possible) and a sense of control in my chaotic little world, I'm going back to making a weekly menu and a daily to do list for projects and making a schedule for myself. The menu should make shopping faster and easier and the to do list will help me feel like I'm accomplishing something and keep me focused on the task at hand so I don't get sucked in to Facebook all day.
Today is going to be a pretty crazy day, luckily for me it is Matt's half day at work. I have to finish getting our second rental house ready for our new tenant who begins moving in at the end of the week, then it is grocery shopping and hopefully home to relax a little bit and take care of a sick husband and sick kiddos.
It is amazing how a little structure can already make me feel more in control of my life. For example, I just finished writing the menu for the week and I already have less stress realizing that I don't have to think last minute what I'm going to make for that particular meal. It is freeing really.
One other thing that I've really been struggling with lately is letting go of sorts. In the past, when I've written these, I would stress about trying to make sure that we had enough variety and that everything was healthy. That is something I still have to do, but when you are working with trying to feed three toddlers, sometimes it's okay to have a peanut butter sandwich more than once a week. I guess I'm just working on trying to not be so neurotic. Some women have this down, me I'm still pretty high strung. I need to tone it down a bit for my own health and the peace of those around me.
Sometimes these days are really hard, but even at their most difficult, I wouldn't trade it for the world and all its riches because one day, it will all end.
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