Some days are so hard to keep everything balanced. Especially coming into this time of year. There are never enough hours in the day and not enough energy to get it all done. I frequently feel that I didn't get anything done. Here it is, 2:20pm on a Tuesday, and I am out of steam. My daughter (or the Kid) gets home in a little over an hour, but the day has me spent already and I need to recharge. Oh…just an FYI…About 13 years ago, I was diagnosed with arthritis and bulged disk in my lower back and fibromyalgia. I was treated for fibro with medications for 5 years until I became pregnant. During those 5 years, I did not feel all that much better and the medications I was on caused me to gain a serious amount of weight. Which was even worse because about 5 years before I was diagnosed I worked really hard to lose weight and succeeded. For the last 8 years I have 'self medicated' with OTC's. Ironically, I feel slightly better most day and I have not gained any more than 5 pounds in the 8 years. But today, today I feel sluggish, stiff, grumpy. No matter what I accomplish in a day, I always want to get more done.
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Lynn
10/7/2014 07:37:21 am
I often have very similar feelings.
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So like today, I already feel like I have so much on my plate…dishes, laundry, misc. house work and I have 2 designs I've been thinking of which I'd like to get out there and then there is the Halloween thing. Since I've been dubbed the local queen of Halloween, it is my duty to create awesomeness for kids and their parents for Halloween. Not that I mind, I love coming up with creepy and creative ways to spook the neighborhood. But of course, I sit and I think about what I have to do and what my priorities are and it becomes to much and overwhelms me. So I need to recharge or I won't be able to do any of it. When I have any kind of stress the results are pain and stiffness and extreme fatigue. But we'll see, see what I can accomplish today.
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Before my daughter was born, I had my own room that was like my home office. When I was a candle consultant, it was perfect. I had my own workspace to work out displays, create information packets, put together folders, etc. When I became pregnant, we turned my room into her bedroom/nursery and I condensed my office into a corner in our dining room. For most things this is fine, but recently with the start of JLO Specialties, it has proved to be more challenging. Not only is the dining room my workspace, but it has all become a multipurpose room. For holiday decorating, I would bring my decoration containers out of storage into the dining room. This would also be fine…except for times like this week. We are expecting company later today, I have twelve 18 gal totes in my dining room (where my company will be). Seven are Halloween and five are JLO Specialties. I would finish decorating for Halloween so I could put those totes back into storage, but is a several day process that completely takes over the dining room and I just don't have the time to do it this week. I kinda can't wait for today to be over so I can get back on track.
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