...has completely um, crapped the bed.
Somewhere around week THREE I suddenly lost all interest in being together, organized, and housewifely. Know how it all started? When ONE day that third week John needed to get up at the same time as I do--and asked to get in the shower first. So I didn't get a shower right away. So then my day STARTED with kids needing to be awakened, fed, homework checked, lunches packed, and sent on the bus (well, so only ONE kid goes to school in the morning, but the rest are still THERE, demanding my ATTENTION), but withOUT my wake-up shower. At that point, all I could do was mail it in and wait to get in the shower until the precious 1:30 naptime. That's a LONG time to get caught up on one's shower.
And then the next day--it happened AGAIN. John jumped the morning shower spot leaving me frumpy, grumpy and out-of-sorts. And then with a whip of the wand, there you have it--a ROUTINE!
Well, it didn't help that the bus driver had to change his route a bit, having him come to the house six minutes SOONER than before. SIX MINUTES, PEOPLE! Talk about screwing up a routine!
So for some reason, I can NOT physically MAKE myself get out of bed in enough time for this six minute adjustment. I just can't seem to make it to the shower in the morning.
I do NOT do well without my morning shower. In addition to the grumpies and frumpies I now feel that since I'm not awake nor properly attired, it's OK to sit and read or watch TV (Hey, we've only got a few weeks left of those FREE movie channels!) and do other household tasks (just not as much as before) and NOT GO ANYWHERE or pay much attention to the kids except reading to them on the couch. Add the snowfall (which started on DECEMBER FIRST!), and I've transformed myself into a Mother Bear. Snug on my couch in my sweats and blankets, waiting for the nap hour when I can transform myself into an alert--yet still sweat-pants clad--bear who is stuck in the den until APRIL.
I need to find some Mom groups or story hours or something just to get OUT in this bitter cold and get my butt moving and give me a REASON to get up six minutes sooner so that I have TIME to take my morning shower.
Do you think I complain too much? John says my blog is a bunch of whining. (And that's after EDITING.) Hmmmm.....
6 comments:
No, not too much whining, besides, what else is this for? Bottom line is that you need the first shower, right? I am the same way, I can not function properly without a shower and coffee in the AM. Without it, I am so useless!
We will actually be in your neck of the woods the next 2 weekends as well which is way more driving than I can handle. 3 weekends in a row, GAAH!
In this "everything goes, everything's okay" society we live in, it's good to hear someone with introspection and goals to better themselves. There is an epidemic of consolers out there, but they are the people who bake the extra sugary treats to bring to WORK to ruin YOUR diet. I have every faith that you will not become typical, that you'll fight the stereotype. And don't buy the moo-moo.
soo... how is your recipe for bon bons?
I think 90% of the websites out there can be classified as "whiney." Okay, maybe 90% of the blogs. I mean, just look at the political blogs and tell me they aren't whiney.
I suggest that you, uh ... develop a routine that helps you. For what that's worth.
It sounds like your routine is fine, but that JOHN needs to get up earlier if he wants to shower before you're due to get in. It's not right for him to be all, "Hey, I want it so it's MINE." Paul does that, and I've had to "explain" (quotes because I think the word implies a lack of shrillness/yelling, which is misleading) that that is NOT the way it can work.
I don't think you whine too much at all.
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