Blessed said --
Nice thing about our program is that I can get back to routines and move forward. Looking back won't help in getting it done but will help me with perspective this week.
(((Blessed))) You KNEW that would make me feel better, didn't you?
YES... there is no need to look back! I just need to jump in tonight/tomorrow, and get back on the horse that threw me. I've never ridden horses --except for a Shetland pony that would not allow a saddle on his back and had to be led around the yard on a rope, but I think the analogy works. The past two weeks have definitely thrown me for a loop, but I CANNOT just give up and stop my life because all around me is chaos -- or inertia, as the case may be. I've been so down on myself the past few days, realizing what a waste the last couple weeks have been. I tend to let situations with dmom start getting me depressed... and dh frets about things with ds that are TOTALLY out of our control (and ds's control) and then I tend to let that cause me anxiety and depression... and I start losing sleep b/c I'm needed for morning Nana-duty, and then I tend to over-eat and nap and neglect doing the things that would truly make me feel so much better.
So much of what you said applies to my life. (Are you sure you haven't been peeking in my windows?)
I wasted a lot of time this week doing nothing.
My weeklies went out the window ... no home blessing done, no bathroom routines, no gym (exercise, walking, in my case) routine.
I think I need to do like our d lady with a time focus during the day
not exercising: means less energy
"2 minutes are better than nothing!" who can't do two minutes
other things:
don't let the perfectionist stop you. Just do two minutes
Dee's line is also soooo true and soooo important to remember:
Begun is half done.
TWO MINUTES!!! SURELY I can manage two minutes of ANYTHING -- ANYTIME.
NO MATTER HOW TIRED OR SLEEP-DEPRIVED I AM, I CAN BEGIN SOMETHING AND STICK WITH IT FOR TWO MINUTES. I am now inspired for a good week, even though it will be busy.
Tomorrow -- church, Nana duty, regular Sunday chores & Wmart, plus funeral for a dfriend
(YES, if you are thinking we are going to a lot of funerals lately, we certainly are. This will be the 5th one for me since just a couple weeks ago, and dh's third, only b/c he was out of town while I attended two in one day!) We will pick up dgrands for church, keep them through lunch, probably go get ddil something for lunch, go to funeral, then check with ddil afterwards to see if she needs supper, and likely take dgs with us to Wmart before taking him back home.
* DDIL's parents will be leaving in the morning and she will be stuck at home. She can manage dgrands pretty well on her own, but can't lift dgd into the truck & carseat for several more days, and ds won't be home until late tomorrow night.
Monday -- we are keeping our fingers crossed that the long-awaited SUV will finally arrive! I thought I was getting the run-around from our salesman Friday, so dh had me call the GM "contact us" line. I didn't have our invoice # with me, so the lady said she would call me back when I was home on Monday. Lo and behold, as soon as she hung up, the salesman called back and said the SUV is in our state now, and should be on their lot Monday morning.
That will make Monday pretty busy, b/c we will have to get the current SUV to its new owner, go to the insurance office, and go to the tag office.
ALSO Monday, I need to call and make an allergy appt for myself b/c I neglected/forgot about that all week last week, and I cannot take my shot tomorrow. It will need to be on Tuesday or Wednesday, though, b/c
Thursday -- Nana duty starting around noon, until possibly 9:00-10:00... and
Friday -- Nana duty starting around 7:30 a.m., until possibly 5:00-6:00.
Also this week, I want to call and just get information re: dmom's prospects of private pay for rehab and/or assisted living -- IF & WHEN she finally decides to do the foot surgery. She was talking today, that if she does NOT have it, she will never be able to walk and get any exercise to speak of.
With my weekly routine cards, I have started pulling them all on Mondays and just trying to work through them ASAP.
How's that working out for you, blessed might ask.
Well, not very well, so far, LOL... but it is just impossible for me to commit to a particular day to do a particular task, the way dmom & dgrands pop into my scheduling... so... I've got to do better, but at this point, I cannot have a really faithful weekly plan. Sunday is groceries. That's about as far as I can count on.
Speaking of the WEEKEND -- it was great.
DH and I had a really nice time; our team won the ballgame and thereby won a (shared) SEC Championship and a first seed in the SEC tournament next weekend. (It is in St. Louis, we will be watching on TV.)
We are sharing the championship with TN, by the way, so -- congrats to
Twins and fans there.
Some thoughts as I was reading through...
(((
Kathryn & ds))) -- I do not envy your ds the process of buying a home, nor you the process of helping/guiding him through this. Hope he finds something he loves
and can afford!
Glad Willis is making such great progress,
Rose!
(((HUGS))) for sore arm,
blessed.
Also for your (((dsil & family))) in the loss of their dog.
Waving to
ALL!!!