It's a beautiful morning!
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It's a beautiful morning!
I had a sick child up at 3am and haven't been back to bed since.
My washing machine broke last night so I had to drag wet clothes to the laundromat this morning.
I have a report to do for my volunteer organization that's hanging over my head.
It's Sunday :/
But! I recognize being tired makes me cranky so I made a verbal commitment to everyone in the house that I'd keep my **** together
I took my 5 (not sick) year old with me to the laundromat and he thought it was awesome. While the washing was on we went to Starbucks and I tried one of the new salted caramel mochas.
My son is learning to read and I got to see how far he has come while we were waiting for the driers.
We folded there so it's one less pile of stuff to deal with in my basement
I got to feel like a functional person at 8am.
When I was drinking... the broken washer and early morning would have been enough for me to give up on the day (secretly enjoying the drama). I'd have gotten a movie for the kids and started drinking at noon. I'd have told myself that it was a nice treat for them but really it would have been for my benefit
It's crazy to me how much pleasure I used to get from that kind of wasted day. How much of my life I wasted.
My washing machine broke last night so I had to drag wet clothes to the laundromat this morning.
I have a report to do for my volunteer organization that's hanging over my head.
It's Sunday :/
But! I recognize being tired makes me cranky so I made a verbal commitment to everyone in the house that I'd keep my **** together
I took my 5 (not sick) year old with me to the laundromat and he thought it was awesome. While the washing was on we went to Starbucks and I tried one of the new salted caramel mochas.
My son is learning to read and I got to see how far he has come while we were waiting for the driers.
We folded there so it's one less pile of stuff to deal with in my basement
I got to feel like a functional person at 8am.
When I was drinking... the broken washer and early morning would have been enough for me to give up on the day (secretly enjoying the drama). I'd have gotten a movie for the kids and started drinking at noon. I'd have told myself that it was a nice treat for them but really it would have been for my benefit
It's crazy to me how much pleasure I used to get from that kind of wasted day. How much of my life I wasted.
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Good reminder about not letting the drama derail the whole day. How nice that you spent time reading with your son! These parenting moments give me so much more than I ever thought they would.
Hope little one feels better soon.
Hope little one feels better soon.
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