November 11, 2022 - Friday


Well, I'm still on this quest to simplify my days and be more productive. So far? Failing. It always feels like there's *something* keeping me from getting things done. Yesterday, Ollie went to school so I thought I'd get some good, productive time in, but it didn't really go that way. I worked on my Christmas checklist and spent forever poring over Target's sales. They have 30% off of all of their clothes and shoes right now and my kids all get a new outfit for Christmas. I wanted to take advantage of it, but I didn't want to just grab whatever, so it took a long time to choose just the right outfit for each kiddo. I also have a 25% off of one toy coupon that I spent time trying to decide how to use. 

Last night, Jonas woke up having thrown up on himself in bed. The poor kid kept apologizing, like I'd be upset that he's legitimately sick! Definitely not the kind of thing that upsets me. But I did spend a couple of hours getting up and down cleaning up throw-up and taking care of him and then, of course, Ollie was up at 5 FREAKING 20 again this morning. I'm going out of my damn mind!!! I actually have wondered if I could go crazy from not getting enough sleep and I think I could, but I also think I've survived on much less. I'm just not used to it right now. 

Today wasn't productive either. Ollie said she felt sick this morning too, so I sat with her for a long time and went through photos to pick out which ones I'm going to print to display in the house. I've been meaning to do this for a while and I'm glad I took the time, but it still makes it feel like I barely did anything today. I made chicken noodle soup for lunch and then worked for like 2 1/2 hours. I'm supposed to make an elaborate dinner, but I don't know if I'm in the mood anymore. I'm not sure what else I'll do though. I need to think about it more.

I haven't been taking many pictures lately! We've been having some money stresses, so I'm trying to sell a bunch of things that I would normally give away and that takes up a lot of time and effort. I'm hating it a lot. Anyway, my phone camera reel is all pictures of stuff I'm trying to sell. Depressing. 



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