Whew! It has been quite the week!
As you may or may not have noticed, it’s been a week since my last post (which was my previous week’s “Fun Fact Friday”). A couple of days ago, I was trying to figure out why I haven’t been able to blog this week. After all, I do have things to say, to share, to post, but I just haven’t done so. Why is that?
After doing Munchkin’s catheter at around 2am on Wednesday morning, I decided to do an “audit” (of sorts) of my week. I wanted to get a more complete picture to better understand why I haven’t had any extra time to write. So, I started to list out all of my/our scheduled commitments for just this (busier) week. I only audited the weekdays, Monday-Friday, I did not look at our weekend commitments. The results were quite revealing.
Below are the “fun facts” of our commitments and daily happenings this past week:
- 2 hockey nights – 1 for practices, 1 for games.
- 4 nights of swim club practices.
- 1 swim club meeting.
- 2 dentist appointments – both on the same day, but one was in the morning, one was in the afternoon.
- 3 orthodontic appointments – this may count as 1, though, as they were all back-t0-back on the same day.
- 5 days of dropping off and picking up at school.
- 1 hour of homework every night for our newest little (6 yr old) placement.
- 5 annual SATs to administer to our 5 oldest children – we spread the tests out over all 5 weekdays.
- 2 different “visits” with birth families of our littlest girls.
- 4 different youth groups – different times, days and locations.
- 1 therapy appointment.
- 1 in-home visit with our newest placements CASA (essentially, her personal advocate in court).
- 1 dad and son (Papa and Bro) movie night out with other dads and sons.
- 15 times for medications to be administered to Munchkin (3x each day).
- 1 bed/room to prepare for our guest arriving on Friday night (we’re so excited for his arrival!)
Uh. Yeah. As I said before, quite revealing. No wonder I was OUT once my head hit the pillow at night. I’m tired, haha! I’m not stressed, just had a busier week which simply takes time, energy and attention. I think I subconsciously concluded it was far more important for me to sleep this week than to blog. I typically write most of my posts late at night or early in the morning, but since I was sleeping at those times, the blog was neglected for a bit. Frankly, I’m OK with that. Sometimes, I just need to prioritize for my personal health and well-being in order to better take care of and manage the daily hustle and bustle surrounding our family.
I am so grateful for God’s covering over us in this season. He has lavishly given us grace and strength to press on, persevere, and manage all that comes with our lives: our marriage, our 7 children, our work, our finances, our home, and of course, our crazy schedule. It’s not easy, no, but it is what absolutely love to do!!
I wonder what next week will hold?! OK, I just looked … I already spy on the calendar 29 various appointments, commitments, and/or daily routines between Monday and Friday. Dude. If you don’t hear from me before next Fun Fact Friday, you’ll know why, hahahaha!
Regardless of what we face, highs and lows, ups and downs, joys and sorrows, triumphs and challenges, visits, appointments, therapies, exhaustion, and anything else that comes our way … as always …
To God be the Glory!!