Falling Apart

We all have those odd days where it seems everything around us is falling apart and it seems as if we ourselves are coming apart at the seams.  A day when your mind will not focus on a singular task and so nothing at all gets done.

Today is one of those days. Two extra girls for a sleepover saturday night has left me short on sleep and energy as late nights and early mornings rarely go well together. We had a bit of a slowdown in activities when my daughter was injured a few weeks ago but it seems we now have regained the pace of insanity which is apparently our regular day to day lives.

Boy is it ever tiring.

It is of course of my own doing however. I'm busy because I encourage them to spend time with friends and doing whatever it is they are interested in trying or know they love doing.  It is because they are busy that I am busy. 

I wouldn't want to have it any other way however after all what is this life for if not to live?



     

Week's Done

Well that picture isn’t Winnipeg, nope it’s Chicago taken at some point this week by my husband who is there for the week.  Despite keeping in touch through messaging, facebook and the like I’m still missing him like crazy although my schedule doesn’t allow for much time to dwell upon it.

This single parenting thing is hard, particularly while we get through the insanity which we seem to face each year as June comes to an end.  This week has been a wee bit crazy with any day not filled with soccer filled with a million errands and things to get done.  

I’m trying to organize and shop for my little one’s birthday party next weekend and our annual July 1^st BBQ. The hail we received last weekend means we need a new roof and I’ve had to deal with insurance and roofing companies coming and going.  I’ve also been selling a few items online and have been trying to take care of a few household repairs.  

For the most part everything has gone smoothly with the exception of my oldest getting lost on the way to soccer for her first game this week, and her ride to the far off second game this week starting off with a literal bang as they blew a tire along the way.   

That she got lost surprised me as she has played on this particular field countless times and it isn’t that far from our house.  It worked out and she got there in the end but as a coach having to abandon my youngest and her team to go rescue my oldest made for a harrowing 20 minutes.

All in all it’s been a bit nutty around here. The girls have been great helping me with yard work and remembering their chores but I will be quite happy as will they to see my husband home come Monday.

This weekend although I’ve managed to get most of my things to do done I still have a number of things to take care off.  Saturday and Sunday are already planned out and so tonight I’m doing a girls night.  We’re going to take tonight off from activities shopping and chores to make homemade pizza and cookies, do our nails, watch a movie and just chill out.

Mid-summer Already?

Where is my summer going? It cannot be August on Monday it just can’t be. This summer is slipping away much too quickly. It feels as if I haven’t done nearly 1/2 of the things I wanted to do or the things I should do and I’m running out of time.

I realize it was an awful late start to the season as spring adamantly refused to show up hiding behind gusting winds and weeks of ice cold rain and sleet.  When finally spring came it leaped into summer very quickly and now that seems to be disappearing at a rather alarming rate as well.

I don’t think I’ve spent more than a few minutes swinging in my hammock, we have only been to the beach once and I’ve barely begun my warm weather to do list. The next few weeks are packed with plans as well so those peaceful moments I so love about summer will remain hard to come by.

Maybe that is part of why those moments are so special simply because they are oh so anticipated and rare. So what if I don’t get the dishes done and sweep up all the dog hair, or even if I don’t get my to do list done I would rather have one of those lazy summer days I love so much, a day with nothing to do and all day to do it in.  

So I vow that at some point this weekend between birthday plans for E and things that really do have to be done I will find some time to chill out with a book and a glass of wine on my hammock, feet up and swaying in the breeze. 

Time to try and ignore all the little stuff, and the big stuff I should get done, it will still be there next week. Before I know it summer won’t be.