Today, I feel sad, overwhelmed, depressed, and frustrated. I know that these are feeling that may happened because I'm human, but I try not to let these feelings control me. I know that there are others that have it worse, and I have so much to be happy about. I know that this is nothing by the devil trying to steal my joy, so I must overcome it!
I am still trying to determine the best way to do it all. Yesterday (Sunday), I got up about 7:30a to wash dishes, and clothes, as well as make my grocery shopping list. I then went to Meijer's and Costco. I tried to do my shopping as fast as I could so I could get back home in time to watch the Lions football game with Darnell and Joshua. I want to make sure the house remains in order, but time spent with my family is something I want to make sure never gets overshadowed.
Around 2:30p Darnell left to play in his basketball game, and Joshua went down for a nap so I went back to work. I started dinner, and washed some more clothes. I also did some meal prepping for the week, but couldn't do as much as planned. I went to Costco to get ground turkey which is a main dish for most of the dinners I have planned, but they were all out. I'll have to pick some up this afternoon on my way home from work from a different Costco. Anyway, after dinner I washed dishes, and went straight to bed! That was about 8:30p. I was so tired! About a hour later I heard Joshua fussing downstairs with Darnell, so I went down to get him so I could nurse him to sleep. Once he latched on we both were knocked out!
This morning I planned on getting up a little early so I could put one last load of clothes in the washing machine (we went shopping for Joshua this weekend so we had a lot of clothes to wash on top of my own). It seems like the more I do I notice how much more needs to be done. When I get off work this morning I have to swing by Costco to get the ground turkey then head home to finish meal prepping. Thankfully, the meals I planned this week are all easy, so that shouldn't take much time. We have our Parenting Group meeting this evening and it's our turn to bring the snack. I purchased fruit from Costco yesterday for the meeting. When we return home, I have to get Joshua's thing ready for his first week at day care! That was actually something I planned on doing this weekend, but didn't get around to it. I have to make sure he has his clothes prepped for the week, pack his bottles (I should probably buy some more just for day care), pack his extra sets of clothes, diapers, wipes, and complete the paperwork that needs to be turned in on his first day. All of this I planned on doing yesterday, but it just didn't happen :(
There are also some projects around the house that I hope we can get completed by the end of the year:
Kitchen needs to be painted
We need a new dishwasher and stove (our current stove is on it's last leg)
The livingroom and dining room needs to FINALLY be painted from that awful blue color!
Paint the hallways
Install a closet organizer for both closets in our master bedroom.
I am most nervous about that living/dining room. I have a feeling that is going to be either a two weekend project, or I'll have to take a couple days off work to complete! Yikes!!! Painting is something that I absolutely HATE TO DO, but with everything that needs to be painted it will save us a lot of money if we DIY it!
Well, I don't know if it's because I released my frustration in my blog, or if it's because of my Tim Hortons coffee I've almost completed, but I actually feel a little better. Now time to do some work...
