If this post seems a bit... scatty... it's because I am still doing #NaBloPoMo and getting a blog post written on a scatty day is still a blog post!
2) The kids are hopefully going to nursery tomorrow, for the first time since October 29th and hopefully healthy enough to last the day. We are all still varying degrees of general winter ill. Why is it that ill kids want to run around and bounce off the walls and ill adults want to sleep?
3) I went to bed at 8:30 last night, after taking a long bath, and had a great sleep, only waking up at 2:30am for a while before getting back to sleep without reading or listening to an audiobook. Sometimes the fear I won't be able to fall back asleep is worse than the actual waking up.
4) I have two work overnights in the next two months, which I am trying to be excited about, but I'm not sure whether I actually want a job with travel. I know life is lived in hours and I love everything Laura Vanderkam writes about career/kids, but what if instead of being around for most bedtimes I want to be around for all bedtimes? What if I want to miss no breakfasts? What if I like sleeping in the same bed as my husband every night? What if I like routine more than travel...? This is especially odd coming from me, since I moved to Wales specifically because I loved travel and wanted to travel all the time.
5) I started reading Tranquility by Tuesday yesterday and it was definitely the right choice - thanks Elisabeth. On page 2 Laura summed up my current state perfectly:"You can keep the plates spinning. With your calendars and your planners you are very good at that, but the performance can consume so much effort that it's easy to become aggravated about the little things. Life can feel like a slog" I am going to read more right now.
Scatty is fine... so glad you're keeping up with NaBloPoMo. It's fun getting to know you this way :)
ReplyDeleteI am really intrigued to read Tranquility by Tuesday.
I feel you. Nothing happened today except that my stepsons had the day off school and ate a ton of pizza.
ReplyDeleteI never imagined that I would feel this way, but yes I want to be home all the time. My stepsons are not going to live here forever and I want to soak up every minute of it. There's just no where else that can top what I have here.
I spent a long time trying to get back to work after my first kid, and within a year of being back covid happened, then I had a second child during covid. I was so keen to get back into work but somehow while I was desperately trying to get back to my job my kids became far more interesting... and if they're this interesting at 4 and 2 I can only imagine how interesting they'll be at 6 or 8.
DeleteHow old are your stepsons?
Yes, I want to read Tranquility by Tuesday, but they don't have it at my library. it sounds great though.
ReplyDeleteHa- when my kids were little and they were sick, they were always running around with a ton of energy. Yes, what ever happened to being sick in bed??? When I was little, I always stayed in bed when I was sick, even if it was just a cold. The good old days!
I know! I'm sure I spent all my sick days sleeping and my kids seem to run high fevers but still be eating normally and running around the house... I know that's better than being really ill but when do they start laying around reading books and moping rather than... twirling?
DeleteI loved TBT (a bit biased because I did the time study/rules as part of her data collection). It's just so relevant but also...doable. She encourages mixing and matching and finding solutions that work for each reader.
ReplyDeleteAlso this: "Why is it that ill kids want to run around and bounce off the walls and ill adults want to sleep?"
Please - PLEASE - when you discover the answer/solution to this question, let me know.
I really liked your post about sick kids. I am a great mom when my kids are very ill, but I am a terrible mom when I am ill and my kids are vaguely ill.
DeleteI doubt it. From my experience, you are a great mom all the time.
DeleteIt's the beauty of NaBloPOMo because we all will have those days when we are all tired, scatty, annoyed – and we still keep writing and can proudly say we did it. So all good. That book keeps poping up I am going to have a closer look.
ReplyDeleteYou are the second? third? person who has either read or is reading TBT and it sounds like something I need to read, too. The spinning plates excerpt, well, that's...me. I'm currently finishing Notes on a Nervous Planet (finally) and looking for my next non-fiction read.
ReplyDeleteHere's hoping for a stretch of healthy (or at least less-ill...) kids and parents.