Remember on the old "Bewitched" shows when Samantha would wiggle her nose and go into high speed to clean her house? If there were a hidden camera in my house today, that is what you would see! Today is Mother's Day Out, which means I have exactly 4 1/2 hours to do the 95 million things I want to do by myself! It's such a big deal that I woke up at 4:30 this morning and couldn't go back to sleep, thinking of all the things I could do today. Forcing myself back to sleep for a couple more hours, i woke up to "Mahhhhmmmaaaa!" coming from upstairs. I hit the floor running, dashing to the kitchen to start the coffee pot then flying up the stairs to greet my grinning toddler who was sitting up in her crib with her arms outstretched, ready to face the day.
After feeding her her "kikiss" (toddler-speak for biscuit) and planting her in front of Clifford, the Big Red Dog, I ran to take my shower and get dressed. Which reminded me, I need to return the tile samples we bought for the bathroom. Maybe I could run those by after dropping her off at preschool...but that is sort of out of the way when I wanted to drive out to my friend/designer's office where she has fabrics for me to look at for the sofa we have picked out. That is 20 miles the other direction. Hmmm... And I'm supposed to have lunch with another friend back near home before picking up my daughter at 2pm. And I also want to update my blog, jot down some notes for a talk I want to prepare, tweek some things on my web site and select which pictures of our precious one to include in Christmas cards this year. And by the way, I could throw some loads of laundry in while doing all of these other things...
Yep, that's the mind of a Mom getting dressed and planning her day during Mother's Day Out! The good news is, my friend/designer wasn't in her office this morning so that task was postponed. And the tile isn't an emergency, so that will wait. I obviously chose to make an entry in my blog, so there you have it! But lest you think I am relaxing, there is a load of laundry in the washer, sheets in the dryer, the printer is printing the photos of my daughter while I work on this and I stopped to mop the kitchen floor while heating my own breakfast which I forgot to eat earlier!
Ah, the holidays. I am right in there with all of you trying to pack too much into my days. I have a mind that constantly forks and it requires quite a bit of managing. All the things that I try to help clients manage, I also have to manage myself!
My biggest "thing" in life is to always keep things as uncomplicated as possible. During the holidays, my house will not be the most fabulously decorated one on the street. I will not host any elaborate parties, preferring to have lunch or coffee with one or two friends at a time. We will not go bananas fighting crowds to buy our 22-month-old Christmas presents she won't use or appreciate (at least, her MOM won't!) and there won't be any garland on our SUV. Instead, we will have some nice decorations that we enjoy, a pretty Christmas tree, and an exchange of simple presents that we really want and will truly enjoy and use. We will spend time with family and friends and take lots of pictures.
Will I still have crazy days like today? You bet. We go to Mother's Day Out two days a week! And what's my point, you ask? My point is this: if you have days like mine today, sometimes you just have to go with it. But know your limits and forgive yourself if the entire mental "to-do" list doesn't get checked off. Really, three weeks from now will you even remember that you didn't get all of the Christmas cards in the mail today, or that you only ran three errands instead of five? I know I won't! So now I think I'll go have another cup of coffee and look through a magazine for a minute. Oh yeah, I was going to sort and toss old magazines today, too...
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