Let me preface by saying that Will is at my mom's, so I have a relatively 'open' day- the possibilities are endless!
I went to our bedroom and started organizing the baby clothes (removing the Newborn sizes, pulling out the 3month stuff), then I split the pile of the newborn stuff into 'donate' and 'keep' in case we have another (baby?!) (BOY?!?). I think to pull out maternity stuff because I saw a sign at my OBGYN during my 6 week follow up that they accept maternity clothes to donate to women in need.
Off to the kitchen to pull out Trader Joe's paper bags to put the donations in. See the dishes in the sink that need to be put in the dishwasher, and also thing about dinner prep. And lunch. And feeding my offspring. Oh, the cats both want food too and they both need to get to the vet sometime in the near future. And have their flea meds applied. Add that to the calendar.
End up in Will's room to put the Newborn 'keep' clothes away and discover the 50+ hangers he's scattered in his closet (this kid's showing some behavior, I'll tell you. Classic new sibling mixed with terrible twos goodness). Pick those up (hangers and Christmas lights are two of the WORST things to untangle btw). Take the donation bags and put them in the front hall closet, where I see a bag of Disney shirts I've been meaning to post and sell online. See bag of boy's clothes that need to be donated. Think about putting a 'donate day' on my calendar to organize and knock all this stuff out. I need to go through my closet and pull the maternity, heck, even just the stuff I've carried around for 10+ years and still don't wear?! What's that about, anyway? Why do we do that?!
To my desk to write a to-do list (big mistake) because, well, my desk. I see the handful of Disney vacations that need small details attended to (nothing time pressing per say, but still...). I see my oils- I need to schedule a Full Moon rollerball making class for June! And those are just the two things at the top of my list because they're fairly time sensitive- I could do down a blasted rabbit hole with all the little stuff I have on my lists for work. There's always something, no? Organizing. (I need to get a system for and file the mail). Accounting. Customer outreach. Social media. Listening to professional development podcasts and videos, doing research to stay current on new offerings, etc etc etc. I really do love it but I feel like I'm not giving 100% to anything right now- that can't be good, can it?
Ok, upstairs to put away clean sheets in the guest room, and handful of baby items that my mom brought over (this is another thing- do you ever feel like you can't stand for one more item, one more THING, to enter your household? Sometimes I look around and just stare at all. the. stuff. Toys especially. They get everywhere! But my mom had a great response to that with, "yes, they are and they will be for this season of life. Get over it." She's so right.) Put the sheets away. Go into the guest room and see the tv you've been meaning to set up in there- think of bringing up a table from downstairs to put said tv on. That would require organizing the front closet where the table is located. SPEAKING of tv's, look into how to dispose of our big screen tv with a shattered screen (Will + drumsticks + Under the Sea = "well, shiiiiiiiiit") and a printer that doesn't work. Those two items are currently being stored in what will soon be Sam's room when he turns 3 months old and we move him to his crib. The crib that is still in the box, unassembled. The back half of the room is filled with my teaching supplies and classroom toys/activities, all that have been sorted through and kept because they will be great teaching tools to use with Will. That's a lie, there's so much I need to sort through. Files of worksheets and college papers and textbooks and teacher resource books. We need to hang a divider curtain to split the front half of the room (Sam's) from the back storage area. We need to hang blackout curtains as well. The shelf is crammed with stuff that we pulled out of the downstairs tv stand when our new tv wouldn't fit on it and we had to switch around three pieces of furniture to make it work. Which we did!
So yeah, thought of that. Also saw the patriotic bunting and door hanger that needs to go up before Memorial Day weekend (because THAT weekend we're... POTTY TRAINING!!) The list just goes on and on and on and I bounce around like a kangaroo from one task to another. Is that normal? Is it ADD? OCD? Anxie-D? Being a mother? Running a household? I can't be the only one who does this, right? There's dentist appointments to make and preschool appointments and car appointments and pest control appointments and doctors appointments. And where does exercise fit into all of this? In between taking inventory of what you need to put on the grocery list, making the grocery list, and grocery shopping? How about in the evenings when it's husband time and you both actually have a minute to reconnect? Crap, here it is already 1:30 pm and I *really* wanted to repot some plants and go to Lowes for a new fern. Carwash too.
But also playing with, teaching, entertaining a toddler. Tending to an infant. And when I write it out like this, I know where the priorities lie. But damn, it's still hard to practice what you preach.
Oh, as I passed by my essential oil stash, I looked for something help center me, steady me, focus me, and *ta-da* this blend jumped out at me. I mean, it's CALLED Steady for crying out loud. It's part of our Kid's Kit which means it's already diluted with fractionated coconut oil and is super gentle for all ages, but packs some potent powerhouse essential oils. Amyris, Balsam Fir, Coriander, and Magnolia. I could go into detail here but I'll just point you to my oily Instagram which is @suit.essentials where you can read more about how crazy it is how oils and emotions work together, and other cool nature stuff, man.
Ok y'all, this turned into a bitch fest and that was not my intent. I'm going to put up some pictures of the past while and leave you with those. Thanks for reading! (Honestly, I can't believe you made it all the way down here. Thank you.) And hey, I *did* do a blog post, which was on my wish-list of things to get done today, although this was NOT the topic I intended. But small victories, right?!
A visit to the Grand Floridan to see the annual chocolate easter egg display. This was my first venture out with both the boys, and Sam's first WDW visit.
Mother's Day visit to my mom's with dinner at The Melting Pot; (not pictured) massages at the spa the next day.
4th Anniversary dinner at Rocco's Tacos.
First venture out with the double wide stroller!; bubbly lunch at Wine Bar George in Disney Springs with some mommy friends.
Will and Mommy day at Magic Kingdom; Will on MSUSA; Hei Hei cone from Aloha Isle.
I started Weight Watchers again (did it after having Will and LOVE tracking my points/getting creative with foods/observing what all I put in my mouth during the day) and make this bomb ass taco salad last night.
Sweet Sam in a sleep sack that Will wore as a baby. He looks so much like his big brother here!
**Edited to add (because I just found this image on my computer and it is SO relevant to this post):
Xoxo, Ashley