It's so hard being a mom and being sick at the same time! It's not like you can just take a sick day, crawl into bed with your kleenex, chicken noodle soup and old movied and go from there. Time does not stop for you when you are a mom. You still have to get them up and dressed, off to school, fix dinner, keep the house semi-straight. And naps? Unless your little one takes a nap, forget about taking one! Well, when the hubby comes home from work, he'll take over for a little bit, but then he has to go bed because of course he has to get up for work too. You just hope that the kids go to bed at their bedtime so you can go to bed right after them, and you pray that none of them get sick while you're sick, because that's just too much on your plate. Then? You hope that you CAN get to sleep and your sinuses aren't so bad that you can't even find a comfortable position to sleep.
It just sucks being sick and still try to get things done....
I just want to get better so I can get back to all the crap that's building up around the house. Maybe I need to go lay down for a while........yea right!
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Friday, August 05, 2005
Eating SnoCones....
As I sat at the table eating a sno cone with my youngest, I was so at peace and relaxed.
Too often there is just so much going on in my life that I don't get that much time to "stop and smell the roses" When my oldest was little, I didn't have as much going on in my life and I really was able to enjoy everything around me. We rented back then (or should I say in Navy Housing), I only had one child, I didn't work as many hours (not that I work a whole lot now, but it was still less back then), and actually I didn't have as many friends then either. Everybody always say to appreciate them when they are young, because they grow up so fast! I made sure and did that with my first. Sadly, with my second, I haven't had the chance to enjoy her as much.
We own our own house, which comes with so much more responsibilities, hubby was gone for 7 months out to sea shortly after she was born. And now I have to take care of two kids, instead of one, I work more now (and I bring the youngest with me, so it's not like I even have much "down time"), I do have more interests and hobbies and friends.
But sitting there, this afternoon and eating a sno cone with her, was just such a precious time for me! I absolutely ADORE watching her and listening to her. She is such an active child and can really get on your nerves at times with her "habits she picks up from her older sister", and the way she will repeat things until you want to pull your hair out, but she has such an active imagination and will get so excited about things, you can't help but smile and my heart just swells with love!
It's just times like this that make me remember to just stop all the hustle and bustle and go eat sno cones with my children.
Too often there is just so much going on in my life that I don't get that much time to "stop and smell the roses" When my oldest was little, I didn't have as much going on in my life and I really was able to enjoy everything around me. We rented back then (or should I say in Navy Housing), I only had one child, I didn't work as many hours (not that I work a whole lot now, but it was still less back then), and actually I didn't have as many friends then either. Everybody always say to appreciate them when they are young, because they grow up so fast! I made sure and did that with my first. Sadly, with my second, I haven't had the chance to enjoy her as much.
We own our own house, which comes with so much more responsibilities, hubby was gone for 7 months out to sea shortly after she was born. And now I have to take care of two kids, instead of one, I work more now (and I bring the youngest with me, so it's not like I even have much "down time"), I do have more interests and hobbies and friends.
But sitting there, this afternoon and eating a sno cone with her, was just such a precious time for me! I absolutely ADORE watching her and listening to her. She is such an active child and can really get on your nerves at times with her "habits she picks up from her older sister", and the way she will repeat things until you want to pull your hair out, but she has such an active imagination and will get so excited about things, you can't help but smile and my heart just swells with love!
It's just times like this that make me remember to just stop all the hustle and bustle and go eat sno cones with my children.
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