Mommy is going to lose her head!

First day of Fall semester, luckily I managed to enroll in courses that are mostly online. However, I didn't even get a chance to read the syllabus due to other things on my list for the day.

Here is how I had hoped today would go:

7am I'd wake up, enjoy a cup of coffee while going through my Fall semester schedule

7:45 My boy would wake up, we'd have breakfast then I would give him a bath

9 am He'd nap as we went to the store and possibly sneak in a trip to the park then we would come home, put away groceries have lunch

12pm Moe would have his long nap while I got dinner going in the crock pot

I'd have time while he was sleeping to clean the house and vacuum when he woke up.

We'd spend the rest of the day, until my husband came home playing in the living room while I put together his cloth diapers

Instead today went like this:

6:30 Moe woke up ready to take on the day

Mommy tried to have coffee and look at her schedule while Moe played but he was excited about mommy's laptop

8:00 Moe fussed until he fell asleep on mommy slept for 30 minutes and was up again

9:00 We made a store run, payed our rent. Mommy got coffee before going to the grocery store, strapped Moe in the Tula and took our time walking around the store.

We got home an hour later, I set the boy on a blanket in the grass since he was happy while I brought everything out of the car (now it's clean!) But once I brought him inside and tried to put the groceries away and throw food into the Crock-Pot, he wasn't having it.

Mommy was starving, Moe was exhausted and fussing, groceries and gear from the car were piled at the doorway. And our huge German Shepherd was begging for attention knocking everything down.

I put Moe in the living room, blocked off so he couldn't escape. He sat and cried watching me from the baby gate while I put the dog outside and the groceries the needed to be in the fridge away and crammed and cheese stick in my mouth. That took about 10 minutes.

10:30 He took his second nap, but again it only lasted 30 minutes because the dog was barking and I couldn't put him down to use the bathroom. So I attempted to get dinner going while I fed Moe snacks. I got all the veggies chopped and in the crock pot before he started causing mommy's head to fall off again. 💩

So into the tub he went, save me some wipes and made him happy.

It was 2pm before I finally got the crock pot going meaning that dinner won't be done until about 6;30/7 and we usually eat around ⅚ ish.

Now my son is taking his long nap, on me, meaning that none of the chores on my list are going to get done today before my husband comes home.

I'm seriously going to lose my mind today.

On the bright side, I'm making chicken and dumplings from scratch (hopefully it is good) and I got to snuggle my fussy boy a lot today. I love my baby snuggles even when it means added stress due to things on my to do listen not getting done. I just have to be flexible. My boy will not be this little forever, time flies too quickly and fall semester is now upon us so we're about to be busy.

Dear Lord,

I need your peace for my mind, my fussy boy and my working husband. I pray that you give my boy rest so that I can things done, but also help me to be ok with letting the chores wait when my boy needs me. Lord it's hard because I just want to do everything. Get my degree, have a big family, a comfortable home and work. I get so caught up in my todo lists some days that I fall short and end up just rocking my baby all day (like today) Lord help me to remember to rest, to enjoy the little mom moments, to follow your lead, to not stress if I have to wait to vacuum or clean because my boy needs me. Help me to be the wife and mother that you call me to be.

Amen.

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