Best Laid Plans

Two weeks ago was supposed to be when I got my routine, and my mojo back.

However, it only lasted a few days before things started falling apart. When I woke up Thursday morning,  my body ached so much that I could barely move. I have 5 kids including an infant that depend on me. There is no time for this mom to get sick. Therefore survival mode that day equaled cereal and cartoons. I did manage to wash and dry a load of laundry. My inlaws (love them so much) took my three year old for the day, and due to normal nap routines my two year old and baby settled down for a nice long afternoon nap, and so did I.

By Friday I was feeling somewhat better and encouraged that I might get caught up after being in survival mode for a day. However, this was not to be. My four month old was restless for part of the night with a cough and by the morning I was starting to get worried because I knew I would be without our van for the day,( due to an inspection appointment).

Saturday was also a hard day as the baby didn't take a nap all day. However, I was
able to wash and dry a load of laundry and make some homemade pizza.

By Monday, of the following week we're headed to the pedatrician for what would later become the first of four visits.

Thursday  was the absolute craziest day I've had in a while. It started out normally, like most days do. I got the kids off to school as usual. My mother in law called and asked to take my three year old son for a day of grandma time. By 10 am she had picked him up and I was relaxing on the couch trying to get myself motivated to get something done. Then the phone rang, it was the school nurse. My seven year old daughter had a fever, and a bad sore throat (possibly strep).  So I called the doctor's office and made an appointment, and then loaded the two youngest children in the car. It was going to be tight. I had less than 40 minutes to get her from school then get her to our pedatrician ' s office . When we got there the nurse gave all the kids I had with me a strep test. Of course every one had it. The doctor wanted to see my three year old also, which meant I had to catch up with grandma. I was instructed to get checked out as well.

Let's just say that the rest of the day included my kiddos eating pizza in the car  with grandma while I went into an urgent care. Then it was back to the pedatrician (who was now off from lunch) for the three year old. Finally, we picked up our prescriptions, dropped grandma off, and headed back home to catch the school bus.

Today was the final doctor appointment of the week,  for my six year old. After finally getting home today I just wanted to sit on the couch and rest. I did not want to even try to start any new projects today.

A few lessons from this week

Just roll with it.

I had been trying to establish a new routine for myself, but it didn't really work well. These past few weeks have been all about hanging on for the ride. After the kids started getting sick, and everything started falling apart I accepted the fact that the best thing I could do for my family was to just roll with it.

Give myself time to dig out. 

When we had a blizzard back in March after it was finished we spent some time digging out.

Let's just say the piles of laundry and or other mess didn't get there at once. We shall see how long it takes to dig out of everything.

Ask for help.

I asked my mother in law for help and though it changed her plans for the day she was happy to help. This also includes asking for prayer.