Through no fault of my own, I’m in that mode again. You know the one – just put your head down and do the work – automatic pilot. I hate it. And I’m very bad at it. I get stressed and grouchy and short-tempered.
We aren’t designed to do and do and do. We are designed to be and to think and to wonder. It’s so easy when you’re soldiering on to snap at your children for dawdling on the way, instead of stopping with them to marvel at the tiny little pine tree growing in a crack in the sidewalk.
And so, even though I can’t, I am setting aside one day in my weekend to just be, to breathe in and and to breathe out. I might go shopping, but maybe I won’t. I suppose a load of laundry wouldn’t hurt, but I will squeeze it in between chapters of that novel I’ve been wanting to read.
And, while I’m at it, a little chocolate wouldn’t hurt …
by Anna
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Debbie Blicher // Nov 26, 2008 at 10:11 am
I hear you, Anna. I’m in that mode myself right now: my husband will be working all Thanksgiving weekend, and our sitter and backup sitter will be on vacation, and none of the grandparents are particularly “hands-on.” I am recovering from pneumonia and very tired. So I am snapping even more often than usual when I am in this sort of situation.
I hope you enjoy your day as much as I’m enjoying my last couple hours of solitude before the onslaught. I intend to come out of this weekend with more ways to take a breath than I have now.
Anna // Nov 26, 2008 at 11:35 am
My heart goes out to you Debbie. You can do it! Breathe in and breathe out. Slower days will come.
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