She Has Good Ideas
There is an elephant in the room. A BIG elephant. It's threatening to wrestle me to the ground, wrap its trunk around me in a choke hold, and sit on me until I scream "MERCY" at the top of my lungs.
You guys, my To Do List has gotten so out of control that I'm starting to imagine that it's alive. And has a trunk.
I don't know how it is that an unemployed person can have so many things that have to get done, but there it is. I'm unemployed and yet busier than ever. There are things that have been on my To Do List for two months now, and new things piling on every minute. I have reached a level of frustration with it that has smoke coming out of my ears and flames shooting out of my eyes. Things. Things. Things. SO MANY THINGS.
I woke up this morning with a clear mission in mind: I was going to lead the Getting Started with Your DSLR class (btw, more sessions will be announced soon, including some weekend sessions) and then kick some serious ass up until we needed to leave for the Parents Association meeting at Alexis' school. Photo shoots were going to get edited, email was going to get answered, posts were going to get written . . . it was going to be marvelous.
I hunkered down on the couch with my laptop, ready for action. I focused my thoughts squarely on the tasks at hand and started to get busy. And then . . . Alexis' school bus pulled up. Of course. She came skipping up the sidewalk, her coat draped over her shoulder and a smile across her face.
"Momma, can we play outside for a little bit?"
On this last day of January, it was 60 degrees outside. My kid wanted to enjoy the weather while it lasts. So, I punched that elephant in the face and spent an hour wallowing in the glory of a beautiful day with my smartypants kid.
Best decision ever.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Reader Comments (12)
Delurking to say, I feel you!! I've been a SAHM since I was pregnant with my now 5 1/2 year old son, and my daughter was 4 (now she's 10). So I figured once they were both in school, I'd have all kinds of free time. My son started all day kindergarten in August, and I swear I haven't stopped running since then! Stuff to do at home, errands to run, just STUFF. So yeah, TOTALLY know where you're coming from! LOL
She really does have good ideas!!
Stop it! You're making me look bad! ;) Seriously, that weather is making a vacation seem like an unnecessary thing (although we're still going, darn it!).
PS - Totally unrelated to this post - is the Christmas Crazy donation tax deductible? Doesn't matter either way, just curious as we started our taxes...
worth it!
(thanks for also punching the elephant in the face and helping me fall in love.)
She is one wise little girl. So glad you stopped all the crazieness and just enjoyed your baby girl.
Hope your list gets smaller soon.
Jackie
No wonder that elephant was looking so put out when *I* punched it as it ambled up to me. It was 65 degrees out. At 7p.m. So I ignored the mountain of housework and my neighbor and I took all of the kids for a walk in the dark.
Something tells me we are smart mamas.
I got home from work, changed my clothes, a got on my bicycle. After a day cooped up in the office - it felt GOOD!!
Smart kid, yours.
There is NO WAY you could have said no. Literally. How could you turn that down? Yesterday was gorgeous, and I have a sneaking suspicion that you will have trouble today, too.
Your daughter is brilliant! And since you went along with it, I say so are you!
Good for you both! There's always time for that other stuff. I mean you know, you don't need to sleep, do you? ;-)
Definitely gotta take those opportunities where you can get 'em!
I did the same thing last week. A list a mile long during Audrey's nap but DUDE. SIXTY DEGREES! Forget the list. We played hide and seek in the yard instead :)