Becca is battling what we think is the stomach flu. The Banker and I were up all night waiting for her stomach to return to some semblance of normal. (The nurse on call claims that she received hundreds of calls from distraught parents with similar complaints.) Today she's not puking, but I can tell she's not 100 percent.
And the house is still in turmoil after our return, and I can't find a number of items that I just saw. Laundry, yard work, and cleaning all need to be caught up with. My hopes for starting a photo album of our trip are postponed until...after Christmas? And I've a freelance article looming that still lacks even a single interview. This weekend is jam packed and offers no time for catch-up.
How do people do this? How do they balance work, home, babes, families, and all the other demands of life?
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Relax and remember the things that are most important to you. (Get a glass of wine if it's after 12:00 noon). Make alist of everything you think needs to be done. (Whoa, better take a sip of that wine). Put the demands in order of priority - take a deep breath. Look at the list again, re-order the demands. Go kiss Becca. Look at the list again. Realize you won't get it all done, but that the earth will still revolve one more time in the next 24 hours anyway (and if you're lucky the sun will not be hidden behind thick gray clouds). Ask youself what has to get done (and who says so)? What can you get help doing? What can wait? How much energy do you have? What can you get done? (Sip the wine). Look at the list one more time. Pick something off it you can do and start.
If you let your circumstances choose what you are going to be doing you give over a lot of control over your life. It's all choices (some of which, of course, have consequences). Most of us can't do more than one or two things at the same time. (I can usually do less than one thing at a a time.) So think about what's in front of you and remember what you want your life to be like and choose wisely what you will do. Then get 'er done. (But I'd keep the wine and the baby close at hand).
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