Let me explain my I should get more done… as I’m typing my typical day out, I’m thinking where does the time go? What do I do for an hour while the boys sleep and the girls watch their show? Its a whole hour with usually only a few interruptions. Because in reality- my morning chores:
unload dishwasher
make beds
wipe down bathroom
start dinner
start laundry
check calendar
clean up breakfast
get everyone dressed
usually takes me until afternoon! And every time I kept typing clean up- which I felt was a lot- I was wondering why I have to rewash the clothes in the washer because they were left there all day and all night? Again? My weekly list of chores- basic chores like vacuuming and cleaning out the car- never get done. I barely make a dent in my weekly list. That’s what I was referring to when I said I should get more done.
But… I also fight myself. I want to be lazy. I want to do what I want to do (cleaning isn’t it). I have to fight myself every day to keep going and sometimes I win. Sometimes I lose. (You figure out what that means.) I am selfish and I am sinful. And I have to work hard at working hard.
I also think that I fall into the trap of not recognizing all the repetitive tasks I do. Tasks that are necessary and tasks that are important- but repetitive and not something you’d ever find on a to-do list. Buttoning Cinderella’s dress. Making a garden with Legos. Finding the buckets and paintbrushes so the girls can paint the fence with water. Replacing batteries. Patting babies. Singing Do Re Mi. Things that may seem trivial to some but are life to me. I do truly love what I do. And I’m so thankful to have the chance to stay home with my babies.
Lots of words, not so many pictures. I’ll get back to that soon.
4 comments:
I think it's totally natural to want to be lazy. I even feel that way. Moms work hard, and sometimes I like to justify it, saying I deserve it. And although I do at times, it's definitely a battle to make sure that I'm doing the things I should be in order to glorify God. Just know that you aren't alone in wanting to be lazy.
NO GUILT, LADY. You are doing a GREAT JOB-- and some of those desires to be "lazy" as you call it, are really common sense calling to you TAKE CARE OF YOU TOO.
So glad you are human too. :) I couldn't be friends with a perfect lady. :):):) LOVE YOUR GUTS!!!
Thanks Merritt and Jenn! No perfect here. Ok maybe a little perfect. I'm kidding. Its an inside joke for Merritt.
I agree with the natural desire to be a little lazy but also that it can be your body signaling you to slow down and take care of yourself. We just have to find the balance!
I also love what you put about all the things you do WITH your kids that don't make the "to do" list. When we had taken the kids at 5 months old to see Geoff's grandmother (who was dying of cancer) I promised myself that I would never sit at the end of my life and wish I had cleaned more... and I decided that I want to live so that I could sit at that end of my life and be glad that I spent time with my kids, building memories, having relationships, and doing what really mattered in life.
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