So it's only a few days into my project to change my life and I'm already being tested-- the kids are on spring break. Today this meant I dragged all three of them to school with me and tried to keep them happy in the small video room, while I attempted to pay attention to the class on the monitor. Everything considered, it went better than expected. Most days doing this with just Bug stretches me to my limit, but today I didn't get quite so overwhelmed. This was in part because some generous soul recently filled the video room with kids' books and puzzles which kept everyone fairly occupied. But there was something else to it.
Which brings me to my next thought. I think my homeopathic remedy is playing a part in this recent life change. I don't know if anyone else can notice from the outside, but I feel profoundly different than I have in years. Not as uptight, not as oversensitive to everything, not as overwhelmed,not as stressed. I don't feel the same need to accomplish things either, although I am accomplishing a lot! I mean, I cleaned the house this weekend, almost completely organized 2 kid rooms, had friends over for dinner (didn't cook it though), went to my clinic shift, AND squeezed in a few rounds of COD! I am also finding that because I am not so worried about completing things, it's less stressful to me to hang with the kids, relax with Myron, take a bath, or read a book.
So if this is because of my last remedy, I am ecstatic! But part of the reason I am blogging it here is so that I can remember how good I feel if I start slipping back into my old mindset. Which, again, there is a decent chance of considering this whole spring break thing. But I am instating mandatory "Leave Mama Alone Time" each day. This allows me to blog, keep my nails pretty, eat without stress, and hopefully stay sane.
No pic today, but if I finish the kids rooms this week, I will post pics!
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