I’m thinking we need to get more term life insurance on me. I can’t believe what has been going on in my life. Between my youngest being sick for almost 3 weeks. Which means I don’t get any sleep… to dealing with the oldest who feels left out and doesn’t notice the extra attention I have been giving him… to the whole housework issue. When I am tired, it is close to impossible to function on all levels. Home schooling, vision therapy, insurance discussions, money issues, children issues, doctor visits, shots, school medical records, did I mention housework?, finding time for friends. I think you get the idea. I need a long walk in the woods with no kids. Just nature and me. Don’t get me wrong, I love my children and my husband… I just never realized how much I needed some time to myself. I was getting up before 6am to go out bike riding until I started getting only 1 to 2 hours of sleep at night. Now I haven’t even had that ability. Sleep is a necessity if I’m not to go completely nuts with two kids all day long and a list of responsibilities that make me feel inadequate with sleep. I don’t know how most mothers cope.
What in the world did I do to get this back at me? I know God has an odd sense of humor, but somehow I’m just not seeing it this time. Maybe in a week or two I’ll see some humor in all of this. Certainly need that upswing soon!
It’s not just you. We all go through it, usually when the kids are still young like yours. Count your blessings, they are close together. There is a 19 year spread for mine. By the time my youngest turned 10 I’d been the mother of a kid under the age of 10 for 20 straight years.
I LOVE my time alone now. Last year I actually got 2 whole glorious weeks all by myself as the kids and hub were all scattered throughout the world. It was awesome.
Just keep swimming, hang in there, before you know it you’ll have alone time again.
Thanks Patti, I know I will but sometimes it just seems so far away.
I hope that upswing has already begun.