Motherhood | Reprieve
Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are now effectively away at college. Who's left are Nos. 4 & 5 under my wings.
Now with no adult help I have no choice but to make the household management more regimented.
Wake up at 5.20am, get on the schoolbus at 6.10 (for No. 4). Wake up No. 5 and get her ready & send her to daycare at 8.30am. When they return from school, dinner should be ready. After dinner we have short review session (of the daily activities) and sleep by 9.30am.
Wednesdays and Fridays are our washing nights & by the next morning, the clothes are out to dry.
Saturdays are clean up days/ Spring cleaning and for the girls especially: shoe washing.
Not exactly rocket science but routines help with my sanity.
As for me, as there is no more babysitter at home, no more late dinners or night outings. Which I do not mind not going to. Due to age I tend to want to sleep and wake up earlier. Staying up late messes up my schedule & I wake up like a zombie in the morning.
AND thank goodness for moments of quiet. Thinking moments. Moments when I can do some reading and chill. By myself. A moment to recharge.
Once we marry we will make some little tiny adjustments.
May we ALL be granted abundance and positivity and sufficient drive to embrace this experience 💗
Now with no adult help I have no choice but to make the household management more regimented.
Wake up at 5.20am, get on the schoolbus at 6.10 (for No. 4). Wake up No. 5 and get her ready & send her to daycare at 8.30am. When they return from school, dinner should be ready. After dinner we have short review session (of the daily activities) and sleep by 9.30am.
Wednesdays and Fridays are our washing nights & by the next morning, the clothes are out to dry.
Saturdays are clean up days/ Spring cleaning and for the girls especially: shoe washing.
Not exactly rocket science but routines help with my sanity.
As for me, as there is no more babysitter at home, no more late dinners or night outings. Which I do not mind not going to. Due to age I tend to want to sleep and wake up earlier. Staying up late messes up my schedule & I wake up like a zombie in the morning.
AND thank goodness for moments of quiet. Thinking moments. Moments when I can do some reading and chill. By myself. A moment to recharge.
Once we marry we will make some little tiny adjustments.
May we ALL be granted abundance and positivity and sufficient drive to embrace this experience 💗