Sunday

I've been so exhausted this week -- combo of thyroid I think and stress and sleep deprevation. The last two were self induced. The trip to OKC took a lot more out of me than I'd thought, mostly because I was so sick for several days. Additionally being in Oklahoma meant I wasn't getting anything done here so Tuesday reminded me of when I was teaching. It was always nice to have Monday off, but you still had to get all the Monday stuff done in addition to the Tuesday stuff done. Ick. So this week we've had no meal plan, very little fresh food, and the house has been a pit. I've been sleeping as much as I can but just not feeling rested. I was looking forward to the weekend to catch up on sleep, but it didn't go as planned. It turns out I have these two children. :) And I'm not the only one who's tired. We all are. Poor Matt. When I get this tired, I get so grumpy and so crabby. It's not his fault, but I take it out on him.

Anyway, the happy part of this story is that I actually feel a little better today. I didn't feel great this morning, attitude-wise, but I let us do something really easy for lunch so I wouldn't get more behind in the kitchen. Then I made myself pick up, vacuum, and organize the house a little this afternoon. That always makes me feel less stressed when it's done. I cleaned up the playroom, and now we all like to be in there. I rearranged furniture in the living room so it's a lot more open for my almost-crawler. I folded and put away almost all the laundry so we can find clothes. The kitchen is still a pit. My bedroom is still a pit. Oh, well. Matt was so sweet to help me with a lot of this stuff as well as start on some of his projects in the garage.

Natalie's down for the night (she was so tired!) and Joanna is winding down. I won't feel too bad about getting her down then plunking down on the couch for a little while. Well, maybe I'll clean the kitchen a little first.