Get up...check
Feed the baby....check
Chill out on the couch together before the others wake...check
Have breakfast with the rest of the family...check
Have a shower...check
Try to convince the 2.5-year-old to also have a shower...sometimes check Go for a walk...check
Get a coffee...check
Go to the playground...check
Put the babe down for a nap...check
And now the time is 9.30 am...well shit...
The days are blurring. The days are the same.
Then we get a warm day and I think all has resolved itself.
Then back to groundhog day. Wet. Cold. Lonely. But never alone.
Finding things to occupy a 2.5-year-old with no day naps, no playgrounds, no childcare, and a lot of rainy weather has been very hard. We are losing our patience with one another. I hear myself yelling and it makes me cringe.
I am sending so much love out to all the parents and carers doing home schooling, working and juggling it all. I don't know how we do it, but we do the best we can in our way and that's ok!
Personally, I've been spending 4 hours + on my phone and getting sucked into the black hole of horrible news. Covid, case numbers, exposure sights, Anti-vax, Death, kidnapping, missing persons, crime, covid.
On Wednesday I put down my phone and didn't pick it up for most of the day. I felt lighter and much happier. The day had no yelling or lost patience. It all felt a little less groundhoggy.
If you're feeling this, turn off the news, limit your screen time and stop being so hard on yourself.
Ps. Love ya Bill
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