My children are amazing, and also drive me crazy on a regular basis. But its the growing up part that getting to me this week – preparing for a yard sale, and going through all the baby things we don’t need anymore with a 19-month-old and a three-year-old. I cried at the idea of selling the crib bedding, even though we’re set to pack up the crib (for good) here pretty soon. It’ll be the first time in 3 years with no baby in the house, and that makes me a little sad.
But no sad enough to seek out another 
This mama knows she has all she can handle at the moment (and sometimes more).
Speaking of growing up, Brianna spent her first diaper-and-pullup-free overnight last night. And woke up with dry sheets. I know there will be accidents along the way, but there is light at the end of the diaper tunnel and I can see it! Another year or two and we’ll be done for good! And yes, I might cry a little over that one, too.
I need more sleep. Which might explain the crying, lol. But no, seriously, the sleep. I think I’ve averaged less than 6 hours a night this week and it’s not working for me. Only tremendous amounts of caffeine is keeping me upright and functioning. Which is not good for a variety of reasons.
Like my weight. My caffeine of choice is Mt. Dew. Not diet. I started tracking calories again, and like a third of what I’m taking in is SODA. Which is unacceptable. And probably why I can’t seem to lose this baby weight (is it still baby weight after a year and a half?).
So I’m guessing my goal for next week will be to make getting a good amount of sleep a priority. Somehow without dropping the ball on housecleaning, spending time with my kids, work, or spending time with my husband. (It seems like I can only maintain 1 or 2 of these things at a time…) Not sure how I’m oging to manage this, but I guess starting with a firm 10pm bedtime would be a start.
Exercise. I can’t even begin where to fit this in, and yet I NEED to. My weight it stupid crazy, and I feel tired and weak and lazy. The Xbox is down, so no Zumba for me – and I don’t want to pay for it, so no gym. I need to either fire up my dance workout dvds, start couch25k, or buy a bike (um, more money). And yet. The time thing. I am so frustrated by this – again, I’m not sure what to sacrifice to find this time. Sleep is not an option, per takes 3 and 5, so what else has room to give?
And I supose that is the plight of the modern working mommy. If anyone knows any great ways to sleep and/or workout while cooking dinner or cleaning house, apparently I need them
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