I can’t keep up.
I know. Shocker, that.
This week I started out with an 8:10am doctor appointment for Ruby Monday morning. Might as well get the week started out right. That day had enough errands to keep us running until 3pm, and the kids got school done in the van. It’s scary how adaptable children can be.
Tuesday was co-op and speech and debate. 9:15am-5pm, followed by mom’s night out for me. Super fun, but I got home at 11pm.
Wednesday we got to stay home. Thrilling, really. We got school done, and then Eden and I spent 6 hours mowing, weeding, and trimming the yard. It’s still there, amazingly enough. It had been abandoned ridiculously long. Blaine had a meeting Wednesday night so it was just the kids and I. We made Blaine’s dreaded tator tot casserole for supper and ate on the living room floor. It was pretty fun-and I didn’t have to drag my aching body to the kitchen.
Thursday we got school done. That’s it. I found out it had been 9 lessons since I’d checked Sterling’s math and the day went downhill from there. I found out at supper time that we were out of milk and Blaine’s lunch meat. Emergency trip to Walmart for the equivalent of the better part of a week’s grocery money for 4 shopping bags minimally full. Aldi, I love you.
Friday I schooled from the bedroom for the most part. I took one look at the filth that has become the landing place for “I don’t know where to put this” items in my tiny house and decided to do something about it. I spent the day in there, and Eden, my sidekick in major undertakings, hung out with me. It looks amazingly better, and while garbage day was Thursday, the can is already full again. Success. I sorted through baby clothes to see what we need – nothing but a winter coat. The 0-3 month tote is ridiculously full.
But. I can catch up in the yard, but that leaves Liberty with the kids and the house typically falls apart. I can catch up cleaning the disasters that be, but Miss Elliot makes its equivalent in the next room.
I don’t know what the answer is. School is always top priority, so that always gets done. But everything else… not so much. I’m starting to think my house will not be clean until the kids are grown. It’s driving me crazy. I need a week or three of staying home to catch up with it all, and I never get that. The girls being old enough to do laundry saves me, and twice this week Liberty made supper, start to finish.
My yard looks amazing though. Maybe I’ll just hang out out there.
As I have said before… I do not see how you do so much.
Oh-girl, I hear ya! My second born, (LeeRoy, 7) is my sidekick when I work outside on fencing, garden or something. I leave Mel (9) in the house with the littles and it’s destroyed by the time I come in. Yes, frustrating! I don’t know the answer except that it won’t always be this hard, we have to remember that it’s a season…..”they” say we’ll miss it one day-even the craziness and noise..hmmm. You’re getting school done. Good for you! Of course we want our house to be clean, but the school has to get done regardless of the house and yard. I once heard a homeschool mom say that if you don’t have time to “do” Bible with the kids, then you don’t have time to do school. Wow, that really hit me! We start our school day late all the time, and I used to skip Bible, singing, praying etc and get right down to the books, but not anymore! And, I have to say, it makes a world of difference, not just for them, but for me too! You’re doing an awesome job, really! But, I would start with Bible time with the kids first and foremost if you’re not already. After all, that is so, so, so much what our kids (and us!) need to be grounded in. And, let me tell ya, I can’t sing songs like “This is the day….. let us rejoice….” and feel tense that we’re starting late again and nothing is going like I pictured it. It sort of melts my frustration away and turns my focus onto Him again. That’s why we’re raising lots of youn’uns and staying home and teaching them etc,. For Him. His strength for our weakness! Hope you can have a restful Sunday!