Mothering Many

Man, I knew it was going to be crazy, really I did. However, knowing it and dealing with it are two separate issues. I’m trying to hop back on the treadmill of life, but frankly, it’s throwing me. I guess this is one of those times that I am glad I don’t have one of those incredibly large homes, because I am pretty much within ear shot of everyone, and that’s a good thing today.

I had a good time on vacation, and I learned a lot at PostieCon07. I’ve got a ton of notes to go through and implement, but I am having a hard time getting and keeping a focus today. Umm, nothing unusual in that, I guess, but after 5 days of relative quiet, I am having a harder time dealing with it all. Perhaps by tomorrow they will be more settled and so will I. I did make some notes on balancing my spinning plates on the way home yesterday. It boils down to this: My kids need me. They need me to be engaged with them from 8-2. They need me to start cooking at 7:30, so they can have breakfast at 8. I need to work from 2 until supper, and then hang out with them until 8:30ish. I can work some more after that, as they start going to bed then. That means I need to spend a lot more time focused on them, and a lot less at this desk, and now we are back to focus. I must focus, and I must train them to let me focus during that three hours in the afternoon. Period.

I’ll let you know how that works out for me, ok?

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