We live about 4 hours away from The Doctor's family and we try to get up there about once a month to see them. The day we leave is always stress inducing because it's not easy packing for 5 people, even if it's only for 2 days the amount of items we end up bringing is profuse! It always astounds me that we end up needing the big suitcase for a small weekend getaway.
In addition to the packing, I like to leave a clean house. Cleaning with the 3 Curly Girlies is like cleaning during a tornado. Once one area gets picked up, one of the girls (usually L, but sometimes M) comes along, sees the area is clean and must think, "Oh, boy. . . She did it again. I need to put things back they way the have to be" and proceeds to undo everything that I did. If I lowered my standards, getting out of the house would be so much easier for everyone, but then I know I'll just be a mess when we get back.
Whenever I'm faced with a bunch of things that need to get done in a timely manner, I panic. It's terrible, but I don't feel better about anything until I know everything is complete (which makes one wonder why I'm blogging as opposed to doing any of the numerous items on my list). When I panic, I yell. Not today, though! I had to actually tell myself over and over, "I'm not going to yell. I'm not going to yell. I've made it a week and I can do this!" and guess what? I did! I mean, I did do it and I didn't yell.
I kind of feel like this blog is going to get awfully boring if every day I talk about how I almost yelled or didn't yell or what not, but in the beginning, this is what I need to do to keep myself on track. I'm hoping that after a while, not yelling will be my new way and then I can talk about other stuff. . . though I'm not sure what since I feel like I lead kind of a mundane life.
Have a happy, yell free weekend!
No Yelling Count: 8 Days!!!
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