I have to admit that I've been going through the motions a lot lately. I have been doing the bare minimum of doing whatever it is to get by, but not really doing what it takes to be my best. I woke up this morning, and I was full of promise and hope...that faded away by 5:30, as I was chugging my first cup of liquid life (coffee). But it did rebound when the little man woke up on his own today, and I didn't have to drag him out of bed.
It really is a bummer every day that I have to wake him up, and he's not happy about it. He is crying and cranky. It makes me cranky and feel like crying. And its a struggle to get him up, dressed and throw some food down his throat to get him to camp and me to work in under 30 minutes. Actually, its more like 10 by the time he is upright and functional. Then I have to force him to be focused to get out the door. This is a challenge because at this point, he has the attention span of a gnat. No, that's not quite true. Gnats follow directions better. But I digress...it is a chore to get lunch and everything else in the backpack, get shoes on and get out the door (a distance of about 30 feet). For some reason, we always find a toy to take with us that requires much thought (and those precious seconds are now ticking away)and we are perpetually late.
But this morning, it was different. It was one of those magical mornings, where little man was up early and we could breathe and have time to do things and enjoy ourselves. We were able to tidy up the living room and kitchen, put laundry away and do the five million little things that don't get done because I am usually tired and burned out and stressed.
I feel much more positive, and in a good place right now. Little Man is playing outside, riding his bike. I am watching Kate + 8 and having a schadenfreude moment. I should be cleaning, but honestly, I don't feel like it right now. I just want to hang and chill. Soon it will be time to pack lunches, and make coffee for tomorrow and get things done for Thursday. Little man is done playing outside and wants the computer back.
Going through the motions again....
Women of God can never be like women of the world. The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity. Margaret D. Nadauld
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