Oh - except one thing. I have one tiny little complaint that is currently plaguing my life. I am losing my mind. Seriously - I have always been a fairly organized person able to function in society, and right now, I would question all of those assumptions I normally make about myself. Here's a rundown of things I have forgotten just this week alone.
- When I went grocery shopping this week, this time with twins in tow but not the big girls, I realized that I had forgotten my wallet. AGAIN. Thankfully, I knew where it was this time (in the car), and I could go and get it quickly (while the Kroger staff watched the sleeping babies in the cart with all the groceries).
- When I went to the pool with friends, I apparently had forgotten how careful you must not be to spill Baba Ganoush. I managed to spill it AGAIN. Thankfully, this time it was in a chair at the pool, and though this meant that I was actually sitting in it after the spill occurred (I will spare you a picture of that that I didn't take), it also meant the clean up was dramatically better. Especially since a friend did it for me - thanks, Nicole.
- Yesterday, I cooked a meal for the first time since we brought home babies. Seriously - we had the great blessing of having meals delivered until just this week, which was incredibly gracious and amazing of our kind friends. And yesterday, while I was cooking, I realized I had forgotten how challenging it is to prepare a full blown meal (we were hosting community group), when you keep having to stop and feed babies in the middle of it. You have to add a lot of time to it, because sadly, Bella will only do this for a few moments - not a whole bottle's worth of time.
- Today, I left my phone at home. I came back for it and did a few other things. Upon leaving the house and driving about 5 minutes, I realized that I had left the diaper bag that I had just packed at home. Back to the house I went. AGAIN.
- I had forgotten how sore you actually get when you do a real workout. I am reaping the consequences of yesterday's workout today, and I especially dread going downstairs.
- Today, I had packed the girls' bags for Mother's Day Out, only to forget those in the car.
- When I headed in to Target on Tuesday to do a return, I realized that I had left the item I was there to return in my car. Are you sensing a theme here? I think I must feel victory to just get the kids all out of the car and thought of anything else goes completely out of my head.
- I am sure that there are a host of things that I am forgetting that I have forgotten. Since that is the name of the game these days, no one should be that surprised by this.
As I was lamenting this at lunch today with friends, my dear friend who also has four young kids encouraged me that it will get better. I will not forget something big everyday. I will learn the new drill and not always be leaving things in the car or at the house. I am learning a new skill set, and it will get better. I certainly need it to, because at this rate, my trips to and from the car and the house are going to eat up every last bit of time that I never had to start with.
1 comments:
Carol, I don't know you personally, but am in small group and friends with Mike and Ashley. I gotta say that I just love reading your posts and catching up with your adorable family. I get some cute stories from Ashley sometimes too. Let me just tell you, as a fellow mama of 4 under 5, it will get better:) One week at a time. My baby is now 5 months old, but I think about those first few months after I brought him home. Our family, and house still often resembles a circus, but it's the best circus I can imagine:) And you are not alone....I am always forgetting something! But my motto is....if I have all 4 of my children, I'm doing something right!! That's all that really matters. So keep going! You are doing a fabulous job and you have a beautiful family!!
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