More Ramblings.
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I have been very busy the past three weeks with finals, renovations, making sure I have all the building materials so the workers are on track and we finish as soon as possible. I did something I promised I wouldn’t do and I put the gym on hold. I haven’t gone for two weeks! But with everything going on I didn’t have the energy so that’s what I chose to sacrifice. I didn’t have a choice, did I?
I’ve been juggling being a mom, planning lunches and dinners while running errands for the renovation, meeting with the contractor and checking on the workers. Helping my fourth grader studying for his finals, making sure my sixth grader studied well. (He studies by himself. Checking on my 10th and 8th graders and make sure they are doing well studying, don’t need anything. Did I mention my husband was a way for two days? These past three weeks have been stressful, hectic, crazy, all that and more! Not to mention I was also sick with a sinus infection, something viral that went up to my eyes and made my vision blurry which I didn’t have time for, how am I supposed to help my kids study when all the letters are blurry? So, I did something I shouldn’t, I called my sister in a law- the doctor-. I told her all my symptoms and told her I don’t have time to go see a doctor, I did however have time to go to the tile shop that was late delivering the tiles to my soon to be art room and the kid’s’ play room. My sister in law bless her gave me eye drops and antibiotics. I started getting a little better. Until I found (my son pointed out) a broken blood vessel in my eye. That was last straw for my husband who insisted I went see a doctor. I reluctantly went. The broken blood vessel was unrelated to the virus and was actually healing. “Stress” the doctor said was the cause. Stressed!? Me? Not at all. Just normal mom life. Right? New eye meds and I’m feeling much better. Finals are done. The school year came to an end. The tiles all arrived. We are nowhere near finishing with the renovation but we are getting there. Last Sunday when my sixth grader came to me to review, he looked at me and asked if we could start from the beginning, I almost lost it! it was already past 8pm. I had to go to my husband for a hug and to supply myself with Starbursts candy (I’m not a candy person but that’s where I was at that moment) chips and a vitamin drink because I had already had a root beer that day. (my weakness, so nostalgic, tastes like childhood memories) I decided to order dinner (God bless food delivery apps!) I managed to finish with my son and put them to bed without completely losing it. I guess the lack of sleep and exhaustion had caught up with me. I had been staying up with my two oldest as they studied and of course got up early with them before school and of course the melody of workers breaking tile and wall! My four-year-old wanted me sleeping near him because he said he would be lost without his siblings, I think he meant alone. So, I slept on the sofa in the mornings after the others went to school, not an ideal bed. Of course, it’s not really sleep, when you are replying to messages from the contractor overseeing the renovation with me, the tile guy, the bathroom guy, my kids and my husband. But what do moms really sleep anyway? I’m not sure.
Well, school has ended for the year. No more finals, no more homework, no more research papers no more projects and no more school lunches!
We have exactly 8 weeks of vacation. I have mentioned that I have no plans for the summer. except for competing the renovation. I know I need to sit down and discuss summer plans with my husband. I know he will want to put them in summer programs. I know he wants them to do something useful, we will see.
I did promise a summer bucket list. Honesty I’ve been so busy and exhausted I couldn’t get any writing done. So, I promise it is coming soon. I will also sit with my kids and make a new one and post that soon.