Motivated Monday
My husband is in Hawaii...yeah, without me. That's OK since I didn't want to go. No, I'm not a wingnut, I'm pregnant and flying over a really big ocean to be by myself while he goes to all day conferences doesn't sound so fun when weighed against the angst of leaving my toddler with family. So, I am thinking of this trip as a free "scouting" trip for my husband. I encouraged him to go find fun things to do and drink a few fruity drinks with umbrellas in my honor. So one day when we go he'll have some idea about what is available in Hawaii.
As a result I am on a campaign to get things done. I find that my personality has a great amount of trouble when he is gone if I don't have a clear plan to get through it. So, I've saved all my trips to the store, my small inside jobs and social visits for these few days. Yesterday we went to a friend's house and I also got two small jobs almost completed during nap time. Today I have my choice to go to the store, and/or go to the discovery museum this afternoon. So that helps fill up our day and gives me things to think about and stay occupied. That wards off the weird pregnancy induced fears of my husband dying while travelling. Pregnancy does some hard things to me, but the thoughts I battle internally are the most tiring. I find I pray a LOT...and that's a good thing.
I need to go to the neighbor's house this morning and drop off our "cat trapping" letter. My husband thought the house was empty (it's for sale) and so he skipped it. Yesterday my other neighbor asked if I trapped any cats and I described the two I caught. She thinks one belongs to the neighbor we skipped. I feel very bad about that since I actually stopped at the house next door to her house to ask if it was their cat in the trap. I didn't think my husband gave them a letter either, and I wanted to be fair before I took the kitty to the animal control. So now I have to go explain what happened and apologize. If you remember our noisy neighbor incidents...this is the same neighbor. She's very sweet and we simply got off on the wrong foot with her noisy ex-husband. So, I feel very bad that we might have trapped her kitty without the same courtesies we gave the rest of the neighbors.
What would you do if you were in my position?
As a result I am on a campaign to get things done. I find that my personality has a great amount of trouble when he is gone if I don't have a clear plan to get through it. So, I've saved all my trips to the store, my small inside jobs and social visits for these few days. Yesterday we went to a friend's house and I also got two small jobs almost completed during nap time. Today I have my choice to go to the store, and/or go to the discovery museum this afternoon. So that helps fill up our day and gives me things to think about and stay occupied. That wards off the weird pregnancy induced fears of my husband dying while travelling. Pregnancy does some hard things to me, but the thoughts I battle internally are the most tiring. I find I pray a LOT...and that's a good thing.
I need to go to the neighbor's house this morning and drop off our "cat trapping" letter. My husband thought the house was empty (it's for sale) and so he skipped it. Yesterday my other neighbor asked if I trapped any cats and I described the two I caught. She thinks one belongs to the neighbor we skipped. I feel very bad about that since I actually stopped at the house next door to her house to ask if it was their cat in the trap. I didn't think my husband gave them a letter either, and I wanted to be fair before I took the kitty to the animal control. So now I have to go explain what happened and apologize. If you remember our noisy neighbor incidents...this is the same neighbor. She's very sweet and we simply got off on the wrong foot with her noisy ex-husband. So, I feel very bad that we might have trapped her kitty without the same courtesies we gave the rest of the neighbors.
What would you do if you were in my position?
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