I did it! I made it to Friday!
When I get really underwater with a couple of big, important events, I get tunnel vision (oh! another tunnel metaphor!) and focus almost exclusively on what is right in front of me. I think this is good in that it keeps me from heaping on more stress by thinking about other stuff I can’t prioritize in the moment. But if I do it too thoroughly, I can come out on the other side of the big commitments to find the rest of my life has been thrown into a dumpster fire. This is never a great feeling.
Last night, after our Celebration of Learning, I collapsed on the couch. I managed to drag my ass up to put my son to bed, but then I passed out. This morning I spent the drive to work reminding myself of all the other areas of my life that need my attention, now that work is quieting down. When I got in, I opened my planner and calendar for the first time in FOREVER and started writing things down. And then I decided that maybe if I wrote a post about stuff, it would settle my brain a bit. So here is what I’m focusing on now that the onslaught that was work has subsided.
Daughter’s 8th grade promotion and party. It’s on Thursday. She needs to decide if she’s okay with the dress and shoes she already has or wants something else. We’re going to dinner with the grandparents after and she’ll be getting her promotion/birthday presents then, so I don’t have to host in a couple week (yipee!). Then on Friday she’s having 10+ girls over for a sleep over. Lord help me.
Cleaning the house. The house is not where I want it to be. It hasn’t been for a while. But when I do go to clean it up, it doesn’t take as long as it used to, so I haven’t undone ALL that work from earlier this year. I need to tidy and clean before Friday (see above bullet point), and I won’t have much time during the school week, so this weekend it will be.
Winter/Summer clothing switch. I need to purge some winter wear and pack away what I’m going to keep. I need to go through everyone’s summer clothes and see who needs more pieces (probably my daughter, definitely my son).
Quality time with my husband. We need it desperately, as we’ve been in what feels like survival mode for months. Between my knee, his work stuff blowing up, my work stuff getting crazy, and three different sickness cycling through the family, it feels like we haven’t even spent a weekend night together in weeks. My parents are taking the kids on Saturday and he made reservations for dinner so we’re definitely doing that. I’m really looking forward to hanging out and reconnecting, because it’s been a while since that happened.
Summer fun book. Every year I create a photo book of the four days we spend at “the farm” in St. Louis. If I want to be able to take advantage of a good sale I need to get it done ASAP, so I have time to wait for the best discount to present itself. So this weekend I’ll be going through the photos and sorting the best ones. I take over 3,000 photos over the four days we’re there, so it takes a while to look through them all. I’m actually really late starting this so I hope to get a lot done this weekend. {Update: I had already favorited them and I just moved them to computer via AirDrop. I’m so thankful to my last summer self for favoriting them.}
And now I’m off to officially start my long weekend. I hope you all get what you need over the next few days!
What a huge amount of photos to look through and sort and select! At least they are about positive times and good memories. I am already looking forward to the trip to the farm this year! Thank you for sharing it!!!!
You do have a lot on your home front plate. Fingers crossed at least half your kids (I have no idea which kid can do any of this but I hope on your behalf!) are now capable of initially sorting their wardrobes and listing what is needed as a preliminary to your final decisions.
Graduation sounds sorted though there will be lots more to be done and organized. Getting things a bit sorted on house front will help and hopefully a lick and promise will return more order so you relax and enjoy your time with husband. Am sure both of you need that time together alone. Knowing the school year is winding done will help with that too.
Best wishes and shall hold you as inspiration for my weekend! Three days ~ helps.
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We made it!
Hard week after many hard weeks here so am trying to have a decent balanced weekend. Hope yours is what you need and want.