My tip this (almost) Thursday… is to keep it real. Weird right? This isn’t really a tip is it? Well, I’m not really in the mood for a tip. Lately, I’ve been tired. I’ve been really beaten down by life and things have just been hard. I sat around tonight wondering what my tip could be this week and all I could really think about is how I’m feeling right now. Specifically, how there is no tip that anyone can give me to make things easier necessarily. So… I decided to just come to the blog with how I feel. So… my tip is keeping it real.
If I’m being very real… rather than post a tip, I wanted to come here and tell you guys that I’m extra exhausted right now but I can’t do anything but obsessively clean my house. (Wow! What a work in progress that is… I could work for a year and not be done most likely) All I can think about is how I want to organize things or what needs to be cleaned next. I don’t know why …but its the only thing I feel like I have control of at the moment. I’m also sad for my husband… who is sad, obviously. I’m sad when my son realizes each day that granddaddy is indeed still in heaven. I’m stressed beyond belief… and I’m having trouble managing it.
Tonight, I texted my doctor to tell her that I couldn’t remember if I’d taken my medication, and feared I may have taken it twice. Though I knew this would not be a problem, I compulsively had to text her. And call the pharmacist. And my mom. And my husband. This panic and paranoia landed me a 9 am trip to her office tomorrow morning. When things feel out of control I start to spin out of control. It is my reality. I have dealt with it for many, many years. Thankfully, I have amazing healthcare providers that can see it and know when to step in and check on things.
Overall, I think we’re doing a pretty damn good job of handling the absolute insanity that has come our way this year. My kids are happy. I get out of bed every morning. We sometimes make it to story time. We drive around… we talk, we play and we laugh. So, even though I have very hard moments, I’m still happy and I’m still blessed. And I’m not just writing that so that this happy mommy blog post has a happy little ending. I mean it. I’m lucky to have my kids, my husband, our home and so much love.
Maybe next week I’ll come at you with a new tip… a real one. But for now, this is all I’ve got. <3.