Its just stuff like
drop off the 2K leprechaun run registration
plan that baby shower
buy oxyclean for Sage's clothes
figure out how in the world to get rid of that wretched smell in the bathroom
get paperwork in to NMC
schedule a JY planning meeting
call Malachi for his bday
vacuuum sweep vacuum sweep vacuum sweep sweep sweep again
Eva's costume for school
empty the dishwasher
mail that package
birthday gifts for this weekend's parties
thank you note to coaches
return those shoes to Target
and a long list of stuff to do at work
oh, and feed, dress, bathe, read to, spank, kiss, tuck in, wake up, change, and water my kids!
Just basic life stuff. All of which I'm enormously grateful for. And incredibly distracted and overwhelmed by. I'm totally up in my head lately with the yammering of what is still left undone, and am finding it hard to enjoy the doing of any of it. I'm trying hard hard hard to just breathe and do it and not overthink it and accept that I can't get it all done. But that hard hard trying is making me a teensy bit insane. I sat in a staff meeting this morning fantasizing about playing hooky and going for a drive in the country to listen to some Pink and breathe the springish air and listen to God. But then I buckled down and got to work instead.
Ug. Am I speaking anyone else's language here? I know I am. This is not unique. This is the life of these 30-somethings in these United States.
BUT......This weekend was an awesome reprieve from it all. Good friends from Canada came to town and for 4 days we had chaos. Beautiful chaos. I crossed off only 3 things from my list. And I just plain didn't care. Between us all there were 9 kids and 7 adults. It was madness at meal time. But it was bliss. Loud bliss. Between ueker (4 nights straight), black light dance parties, chocolate fondue (2 nights in a row), drinks, coffee, soccer games, and zero fighting (9 kids, 4 days, 1 miracle), we totally solved all the world's problems. There is now peace and harmony and true love absolutely all over the planet. Well, at least deep inside me there was - for a whole 4 days.
I give this whole ramble to say that despite being back to my overthinking and hard hard hard working, I recognize and name that my cup overflows with dear friends who blessed me richly by taking me down a few notches for a few days. I hope that you, my dear people, have much of the same.
