Posts Tagged structure

Thursday, March 15, 2012

….I need structure.

My children started spring break last Friday. We all went to a funeral and spent time with family. Then the kid’s went to Grandma’s  house for four days.

This is what I look like on the inside. And probably the outside...minus the pearls.

I have been out of sorts ever since. Oh, I have gotten sleep. Uninterrupted REM’s. Wonderful. But other than that, nothing is on schedule. I have crossed very little from my to-do list. And I was very ambitious on what would be done this week.

It was Wednesday night before I realized I had not even blogged for two days. How on earth do I forget something I do every day? I know one of the things that are instrumental in raising up healthy, productive children is structure. It gives them security knowing what they can count on. (I’m not talking militant structure, just good old fashion structure.) But I am convinced that I need it as much as they do.

When the kids are here and we are in routine of school, church, sports etc. I have a ton of things to accomplish for all of us, plus my own list to complete. I know my time is limited, so my procrastinating tendencies are lessened. When they are not here, well…..I will do it later. But later never comes. It is always just….later.

 I’m hoping this is not an indication of what I will be like when I am an empty-nester and there is no one here to keep on track and organize. That is a scary thought. Fortunately, they will be back in their own little beds tonight and I likely will go back into sleep deprivation and a crowded bed at 3am, when one or two of them leave their own little beds.

Within three to four days, I will go back to operating on little sleep. And being more productive. And life will be normal again. I like normal.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Happy New Year! I know it is five days late. But today is the start of my 2012 because my children just went back to school today. I have been reading other’s blogs for the past five days with inspiring and insightful words to kick off a great year. And it made me feel a bit guilty that I have not even made it back to the office yet. But this is where I pull out that four-kid-card and play it.

I’ve enjoyed my kiddo’s having a 21 day Christmas break, but I was so ready for them to go back to school today. Not just for the reasons you may think, but because I need the structure myself. When they are home it seems we all just run amuck. And I am the gang leader of it. We wear pajama’s all day like they are concreted to our bodies, we eat every meal at least an hour late and many times you can find all of us cozied up on my bed watching Psych reruns. It is truly bliss.

For a limited time. Then I begin to crave my pocket protector, compass and nerd glasses, along with my to-do list and planned out days. So today was another type of bliss, I crossed things off my list and added more for tomorrow. And for the first time in three weeks, I had alone time with my Jesus. And that is exactly what I needed. Needed.

So all that being said, I am glad to be back to blogging, I have missed talking to you.

How was your Christmas break?