Saturday, October 1

Monday cometh

Mood-setting media: Large Family Logistics

Saturday is the day of the week on which I most look forward to Monday. Monday represents a fresh start. God's mercies are new every morning, but I'm not as generous with myself.

This week, I determined that I need to get back to some of my most basic routines. Medications and sleep cycles have been neglected lately, and when my health suffers, so does the family. This afternoon, I announced my intentions to Loren, full of hope and determination. Actually, I started by telling him I plan to become less flexible. LOL Being in charge of our schedule, I often require us to be so flexible that we end up in knots. That just doesn't work for us. I also told him that it's quite a challenge to choose something that works and stay with it, with so many different ways to organize a family and educate children. The grass always seems greener and more consistently cut on the other side of the computer screen, ya know?

In spite of all that, tonight I was reading the blog on Large Family Logistics. Boy oh boy, this woman's got it together. And yet, she can be flexible. She's got a Plan B. She only does her laundry once a week. Ooh, another novel idea! But NO, I'm not falling for the old trap. I will continue with what I have chosen, and be happy that her way works so well. I will keep reading, but only glean and implement what will work for this family, not try to make yet another family's system work for me. Oh, I feel so liberated!

I'll be planning my week in my head tonight as I help the kids get ready for church tomorrow. And hopefully I'll lose some of that overstuffed feeling I got from eating too many homemade egg rolls. Oops!

2 comments:

  1. Mmmmmm, homemade egg rolls! I made some of those once. The last time I made them was in 1996, when I was learning about food allergies. :x Boy do I miss those egg rolls!

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  2. How lame! I meant to also say I'm proud of you for sticking with what you know works for you and your family! It's so easy to get caught up in the trap of always trying what works for someone else.

    Goodness! I don't remember if I took my pill yet this morning. *a light dawns, birds begin to chirp, and angelic voices from heaven begin to sing soothing choruses affirming God's mercy yet again*

    No, I didn't take it. That explains a lot.

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