It seems I am rushing from one thing to another at the moment.
Almost every weekend in the last month has had a big event (or two) that we’ve attended…. and almost every weekend till the end of June also has some event or other we are scheduled to attend. There is commitments at the girl’s school and ballet rehearsals. Play dates (for the kids and for me) and a pretty long To Do list stuck to my notice board.
At some stage I need to stop.
I need to start saying no to things, even things that I’d quite like to do, and I find that really hard.
I have this crazy notion that if I don’t take every opportunity when I have the chance then I will never get the opportunity again. If I don’t do everything now, then the world will pass me by and it will be too late. Even though, logically, I know that is pretty ridiculous. Even though logically the only thing that will pass me by and leave me wondering why I didn’t say yes more often will be childhood, my kid’s childhood.
So I need to stop.
I need to for my tired body’s sake and for my tired mind’s sake and for my tired children’s sake.
There is one or two things we simply can’t say no to, and a hand full of things on my list that I have committed to finishing…. but the rest I need to set aside. There is about seven weeks left of term, which means 7-9 (please don’t let it be more than nine) weeks left before #4 arrives and I need that time for myself and my family.
So I am declaring the next eight weeks (and then some) a time for ‘No Plans’. It doesn’t mean we won’t go anywhere or do anything, it just means I am not making any promises to anyone. No firm commitments and no crazy saying yes just because I am worried no one will ever ask again. We are going to stay home, re-group and get on top of all the things that have gotten on top of us lately… or at least try!
Wish me luck!
Whilst our schedule is pretty clear, I am hearing you. Not so much for me, but we have had a shocker of a morning here after a busy weekend. Scratching, pinching, attempted bitings, and a 2 hour battle to get into the shower. This afternoon has been much better, but I am feeling weary from the day already.
I will have to post a “grumpy face” picture at my blog though as it seemed to be the hit of the day at my family’s Mother’s Day lunch yesterday. Yes, when you don’t see it on a regular basis I am sure it is quite cute!
I am a huge planner, and I say yes to a lot of things too. Tomorrow I will be at uni not for uni but for work purposes. I was meant to pop into the school today but I knew that it wouldn’t just be a ‘pop in and out’ I would end up there for the whole day. So I decided I would go on Wednesday. Unfortunately, like you I now have so many things to do and get done that I am nearly about to lose it. But hopefully I wont.
Thankfully only one more assignment and exam before this semester is finished. But I will be nannying two days a week come June.
Good for you!!! I so need to do that too. Instead my head keeps nodding. I feel exactly like you do, but agree, there comes a time when you just have to stop and regroup.Good on you, I will take a leaf out of your book!
I don’t have a baby coming, but YES, YES, YES! And oddly enough my schedule is similar to yours (probably because we both have boys with a birthday on the last day of term and it’s during term that everything seems so crazy!)…
Man, I just remembered I had a dream last night that I had a baby on the first of July, making birthday season even crazier, rofl, that’s what stress does to you)…
With a new family member on the way, more than anyone, you need time to regroup with your family! Not to not ever see anyone else, just to have time for your brood before things change again… Good Luck! You can do it!
Good for you! Good luck!