What a Week.
Do you ever stray too far from your normal routine and get stressed out and behind on all the things you feel are important in your life? I’m there.
My husband and I had to attend 20 hours of pre-service training this past week for foster parenting. It was from 5-9pm every night. That meant, every night my children were fed by their babysitter. She gave them baths, she read them stories, and she tucked them in each night. Not only did I miss my kids terribly, my house suffered as well. I have a bedroom FULL of laundry right now…I don’t even know what’s clean and what’s dirty. All I know is, there are clean sheets in the dryer right now and I will be sleeping on them tonight. I’ll start sorting out the rest tomorrow.
I must say, together (my husband, babysitter, and myself) we really pulled off a successful week. I had a home cooked meal ready each day at 4:30 before I had to leave, I had jammies laid out on the bed each afternoon, and my sweet, amazing babysitter cleaned up the house AND did the dishes after she put the boys in bed each night. I could not have survived this week without her. Knowing that I wasn’t coming home each night at 9:30 to a disaster area with dishes in the sink, dirty clothes on the floor, and toys everywhere was a huge load off my shoulders…no I will not give you her number; she’s mine! :)
It just goes to show, when you have a good routine with the basics in place, you can have a week like I had and not get lost in the abyss of mounting laundry, dishes, and housework. Unfortunately, my littlest one is sick and I don’t think we’re going to make it to church tomorrow, BUT that will give me an extra three or four hours to get started on things around the house. Luckily, it’s only 8:30pm right now, so I technically have at least another hour and a half to get stuff done before going to bed. Thanks to my household notebook, a well-organized laundry system, and FLYlady, my house will be back in working order in no time.
What I missed the most this week, besides my children…my girlfriends!!! I wasn’t able to pick up the phone in the evening and chat, or run down the street to meet you at Starbucks…I’m looking forward to getting back to THAT routine! :) Love ya’ll!
~audrey