So, over the past week, I’ve had at least 4 ideas to blog about, and now I can’t think of any of them. Christopher has been working like a dog (and of course, sleeping like a log for a few short hours each night) since Tuesday. He’s been so busy, that he’s even had his business line forwarded to my cell phone – UGH!
Now keep in mind–since I’ve had children, I have gotten pretty lax about making any sort of rush to answer my phone when it rings. Now don’t get me wrong, I still get excited that someone wants to talk to me, but I’m either in an inconvenient position, have way too much background noise, or really need to be focused on protecting the lives of my kiddos. So, I’ve pretty much realized that anyone I really want to talk to will be programmed into my phone or leave me a message–and I’ll call him/her back as soon as I can actually focus on what he/she has to say.
Well, being on call for “business” was okay at first. I was making those mad dashes to get to the phone before it stopped ringing, and figuring out how to explain they weren’t reaching Christopher without sounding like a complete spaz. But yesterday I realized that I really HATE being “on call” all the time. It’s stressful! If I didn’t have a toddler and newborn with me pretty much all the time, it might only be considered sporadically annoying. However, since I already have 2 full-time masters of distraction, a third one (which is incapable of giving me hugs and coos of happiness) is terribly unwelcome. By late Saturday afternoon, I was highly irritable. By evening, I burst into tears of frustration 3 times in one half hour.
But all was well in the end. Instead of attempting to put the children to bed at 8 o’clock, and then being angry when they continued to whine and/or cry for another hour (at least), I gave up the fantasy of getting some rest at home and instead trotted them over to their godfather’s. He and his girlfriend were decorating their newly chopped Charlie Brown Christmas Tree, so attention from them would give me the much needed break from motherhood. To sweeten the evening, Christopher finished work early and surprised everyone by meeting us over there! So we all had a joyous ending to an uncharacteristically stressful week.
Now, if I can only make it to bed now without stopping to “just do ______”! I need my rest before the hustle and bustle starts up again tomorrow!