We should sign the kids up for swim lessons, he said. Oh yeah, why not? We did it last Winter and it was so fun!
Except last Winter I was homeschooling, so it didn’t matter what time they went to bed. Last Winter only two were in swim lessons, and they were usually at the same time, two days a week. Last Winter I wasn’t half as busy as I am this Winter.
This Winter we have swim lessons every day. With three children in three different levels, we are there every day. Monday and Wednesday is Amelia, Tuesday and Thursday are Libby and Seth.
We come home from school, have snack, do homework, watch a little Tom and Jerry, then it is out the door to lessons. We roll in the driveway on Monday and Wednesday at about 6:15. Tuesdays and Thursdays we are home at 7:15. There is just enough time for a quick shower for those who swam, dinner and bed.
I get them to bed and then I contemplate what I need to do. I need to write, I need to sew for the Handmade Market at Blissdom, I need to do my Body Restoration work, and I need to run.
Running has been the only thing I have been able to do on my nightly to-do list. Elliott has gone from sleeping from 8-12 in his crib, to 8-10. Two hours isn’t a lot of time to get a run in and get anything else done. He is teething, he is cranky, he just wants me, but I am tired and overwhelmed and have so much to do.
I try not to get upset. I snuggle him, I nurse him, I fall asleep and promise myself that tomorrow I will do my Body Restoration homework, sew a skirt or two, do the laundry, do the dishes, and make everything work the way it’s supposed to.
I keep telling myself once swim lessons are done and we are not in such a hurry after school it will be better. I tell myself that and then remember soccer starts in March.
Oy.
*I am not now nor will I ever claim to be super anything, except super scattered and crazy and overwhelmed.
Friends of mine didn’t believe it when I told them, and I probably wouldn’t have believed it myself when my babies were little – but you get busier the older they get. School, homework, sports, dance, music, plays…..it doesn’t end. I feel like I live in my car most days and carving out time for myself is a definite challenge. I just keep reminding myself though that just like those days at home when they were babies, this time too is fleeting. Before long they will be teenagers and doing things without me – so I need to cut myself some slack and accept this craziness for what it is.
Hang in there!
I think all moms are superwomen! Seriously, that’s the only way we get it all done.
Hopefully, they are really enjoying the swim lessons and you know that they appreciate all you do for them:)
I think you’re pretty super.
I hate those feelings of there not being enough hours in the day. I usually sit at work and contemplate all that I have to do at home and how I only have so much time to do those things. Sometimes I contemplate cutting out running, because really, that’s an hour that could be used to clean or play with the kids or do laundry, but I need it…the laundry will still be there tomorrow.
I read the title, just the title, and said AMEN! We are superwomen as momma, wife, chef, housekeeper, etc., and we do get overwelmed! Hang in there!