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Thoughts for Thursday: Coffee Talk
If we were sitting down at a table having coffee together this morning, there would be a lot on my heart to share with you. A few things we would talk about:
\\ I am really struggling with Walker's behavior over the course of the last week, and I'm pretty convinced that age three is worse than age two. He is being outrageously defiant and is waking up in the middle of the night {multiple times a night} saying, "I can't know how to sleep." Bottom line, we are exhausted and have tried everything: moving up nap time and pushing back bedtime; going directly from bath to bed; taking away screen time before bed {and lowering screen time to an hour per day during the day}; an OK to Wake Clock; a bedtime sticker chart; choices at bedtime; taking him to the pediatrician to rule out anything physical that could be causing this; and the list goes on. The Lord and I are spending a lot of time together these days because I can't do this myself.
\\ All of that to say, I'm insanely exhausted and just really feel like I'm at the end of my rope. All I want for Mother's Day is to take a sleeping pill and sleep for a few days straight. {Kind of half-not-kidding.}
\\ Along the same vein, we decided to put Walker in three days of preschool next year as opposed to two, thinking perhaps the three days would be better for our structure-loving child. We were planning to keep him at the current two-days-a-week in the fall and also send Knox for one day, but we decided to let Knox stay home with me for one more year and send Walker three days. {Because I can't afford to send Walker three days and Knox one. I wish I had a money tree in my backyard, but I don't, unfortunately. If you know of one's location, send it my way, please!}
\\ Parenting isn't for the faint of heart, that's for dang sure.
\\ I know those of you who don't have children are completely rolling your eyes at me right now, and that's okay. Skip down further for something that's perhaps relatable to you, or just click to another post. It won't hurt my feelings.
\\ I don't understand the 90's fashion that's coming back. The high-waisted jeans, chokers and clogs can stay in 1994, please and thank you.
\\ I feel like my house can never stay clean. We don't have a housekeeper, and I try my best to really deep clean one day a week while Walker's at preschool and Knox is napping, but I feel like the second I clean it, it's just messy again and sometimes wonder why I even bother. I'm so thankful to have a home to live in and clean, but good grief, it's frustrating to see all your hard work demolished in 2.67 seconds. #thisiswhywecanthavenicethings
\\ My Mom was sharing with me the need to unplug from social media, and I'm considering deleting all of my social media apps from my phone for a bit. I can say with full confidence that I'm addicted to my phone and need to do a better job of leaving it plugged in somewhere during the day. Why do I always feel such pressure to respond to an email or text or phone call or social media message instantly?
\\ I was doing so well at reading before I went to bed, and when we got back from our Charleston trip, I got out of the habit and need to get back into it. Anyone have any good book recommendations?
\\ I ran into an old "friend" the other day and it was awkward as heck. I put "friend" in quotation marks because that's exactly what they were: a surface friend. I'm just going to say it: at 30, it doesn't even bother me anymore when people talk about me behind my back, or judge me for my parenting choices {to my face or behind my back}, or not like me. You either like people or you don't; you either get along with people or you don't; you are either friends with people or you aren't. What's that saying? "I'd rather have four quarters than 100 pennies?" Strange though it may seem, 30 taught me a lot about who I want to spend my time around and man, is it freeing.
\\ We are looking to move in the next 1.5-2 years and while I'm looking forward to more space in a new home, the change is going to be weird. Obviously we'll be moving to find a home closer to Brandon's job {or at least make the commute shorter for him}. We have established roots in our current town, and we'll be having to start over in a new place: a new town, a new church, a new school for the boys, new friends, etc. Moving definitely has its challenges, that's for sure!
\\ My parents live four hours away from us, and sometimes, I wish we could just move home {or at least to a city closer to them}. It was hard being away from my parents before kids, but now that we have kids, it makes it really tough.
\\ I haven't had a pedicure since December and my feet look terrible. #twokids #notime
So, there's my random coffee talk. Man, it felt good to get some of that off my chest! Thanks for "listening!"
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