When you think you have all of “THIS” on your plate, and you don’t know how you’re going to get it all done, it’s time to “STOP” for a minute..
I am extremely guilty of just getting all caught up in all the “to do’s” and I stress out to the max, and then I cannot even focus on one of the tasks. I am overwhelmed almost instantly. That happened this week.. It doesn’t happen all the time, but when it does, watch out!
The kids were fighting, whining, getting in trouble, the demands of mom were there in full force, it was a karate night, homework was needing to be done, (one was telling me they had a homework pass from their teacher, but didn’t have it with them, to prove it) dinner was a battle, an iphone was lost, someone wanted to quit karate, someone didn’t feel good, someone else wasn’t listening to me, or following directions, and challenging me. Then, there was grocery pick up at the end of it all, and they closed at 8pm.. I got there at 8:10pm. Had to go inside the store, and then their hand held devices weren’t working, so they took 20 minutes to find one and get everything sorted out. It was past the kids bedtime, and oh my goodness. This mom just lost it.
It was all I could do to stay calm once we got home, and had to unload groceries, back packs, get pj’s on, brush teeth, and everyone needed to do as I said NOW.. (some kids just don’t want to do what they need to do)
Sigh.. I couldn’t stay calm.. I tried.. But, I lost it..
The “busyness” got me that night.
I don’t like being a yelling mom, but omg.. it happens more often than I would like to admit.
Here’s to trying to do better…
All in a Day 