A Simple Country Mouse

Do you ever have those days where it literally feels like all you've done today is get up, discipline your kid and feed them? Yeah, that's been the last week or so for me. I swear there is a direct correlation between when the kids see their daddy regularly and when they don't. And let me tell you, when they don't all hell breaks lose. You'd think I have a little hellion running wild instead of the sweet kid I know her to usually be. Don't get me wrong, we have our phases of awful, but lately it's seemed to be nothing but awful. One thing after the next with no break in between. If it wasn't the kids, it was something to do with Josh. If not those, it was something else. Finances, parents, other parents, siblings, friends, anything and everything that could go wrong seemed to. Heck even my dishwasher wasn't wanting to behave. And I was at my end. I can't tell you how many times in the last week alone I've sat down at the end of the day and ...

Are you ever so tired you literally can't see straight? Or in my case, are you ever so tired you put the foil in the freezer and the plastic wrap in the fridge? So tired you try to take a shower only to realize you don't have a towel? Or you sit down to read for a few minutes only to wake up an hour later wondering why your kindle or book is suddenly on the floor and not in your hand? I do that last one a lot. More often than not we are so tired because we are so busy that we forget to just chill. I do that on a regular basis. I get so wrapped up in cleaning, cooking, taking care of kids, taking care of Josh, running to ballet or yoga, having guests, and just general crazy that I forget that I have to take care of me too. On a daily basis that means taking a few minutes out of each day to just stop and breathe. To drink a cup of coffee, and actually sit down for a meal. Though admittedly sometimes that last one is after I've tucked the kids in for bed. I'm trying to get...