Andy I had a laugh the other day. It's late September, fall has officially made it's entrance and we feel like our summer activities have yet to come to an end. It's not that I want summer to keep going. It just keeps going.
We laughed because we are thinking of the fun, eventful summer and laughing at our sheer exhaustion. It's time to slow down; but........... all of our new fall/school activities just started up, all at the same time. We are still doing swim lessons. We are still recovering from Disneyland (Boo Hoo! Poor us, right?) and family visiting. (I miss my sister! I want her to come back!) Throw in trying to get back into our home school schedule and well, slowing down doesn't seem an option.
Here's the thing: Every time I think my week will finally be "normal", something "out of the normal" happens. Like spending much of my weekend trying to rid my pantry of moths, having to throw away most of the food in there and having what is left of my pantry on the kitchen counter until the coast is clear. While all of that was happening, Andy scratched his cornea and was out of commission for a few days.
Talk about out of the ordinary.
I hate to admit this. I must come to terms with this fundamental truth. There are no normal weeks. At least not for us.
So do I resign myself to running around like a chicken with my head cut off? Just letting each circumstance take me where it may?
Some days, yes. That's not how I want to live my life most days, though. So I want to really be intentional about trying to slow down this next month and smell the pumpkins. Even though I know it won't always be possible.
So, I'll start now by getting off the computer, checking a few things off my to-do list (just a few), and then sitting down and spending some quality time with the hubs.
