Ever have a surprise day off? Like, when you get the flu, but you are the only one home, so there you are, home for once, alone, and with nothing to do...
I've begun to wonder why there really is no in between gear for Moms sometimes. The lawnmower goes from Turtle to Rabbit, but if you have a slider type adjuster.....you can kind of get in between those two settings...to something like Dog At A Good Trot. Why do we find ourselves always swinging between "32 dozen cookies/Parent Council/Work/Dinner/Lobotomy" to "under the electric blanket with tea"? Can't we find a way to balance out the day? You know that as soon as you sit down for 10 minutes that there is going to be something that you could do.....but after an hour of TV reruns, when no one from the Lazy Mom Police shows up to kick your butt off the couch....well, the realization sets in that nothing needs to get done right away, and the dirt will still be there tomorrow, so just relax...
This short period of time will of course be followed by crazed cleaning packed into a seemingly shorter period of time.
When I was young, my family (minus my Dad of course) would clean the house on Saturday morning, then walk to the corner store for a little treat. I like that idea. Many hands make light work is most likely a Mennonite saying, and if it works, use it! Some of the balance that I find in my home life when it comes to cleaning is to delegate chores regularly and work together with my kids for an hour to get things done. They have been practising for so long that they just fall in line and get the job done 'cause it's a lot quicker than complaining and getting an extra chore..and I remind them as much as myself: It's just an hour of work....and then we will move on to the things that we want to do. The book is better when the room is tidier, I think...
So, when I have a sudden day off, and there are things I should do.....I know that there are helpers in my house that I can utilize if push comes to shove...so relax!!!
My kids are keeping me going these days.
What's keeping you going?
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