Truth & Me

I find a lot of inspiration and sisterhood here in the blogosphere. As a stay-at-home mom / daycare provider, there are some days when the web is the only place I find any adult interaction. It's just good to know that someone is out there, especially when so many bloggers are moms like me. And we share the little truths of our lives with one another, and we realize we're not alone in our daily grind.

SO, today I'm here to share a little truth. A little reality. A little taste of what's going on with me.

I'm so stinkin' tired.

The kids have been sick for five days, and now I'm sick. We've spent the day resting, but we're all so miserable, none of us can really relax. Our schedule has been much more busy and overwhelming lately, and it has finally gotten the better of me. I'm officially in burn-out mode.

Do you ever find yourself in burn-out mode?

Please tell me you've experienced burn-out mode.

It will make me feel better. It will reenforce the idea of 'sisterhood' I speak so highly of.

I know that it is, in fact, burn-out mode, for several reasons...

1. Nothing is wrong, other than being sick. My relationships are good. No one is rocking my boat. Our sources of income are steady. There isn't anything undesireable looming on the horizon.
2. Nothing makes me happy. I'm pretty much disinterested in everything around me. I've got no pep.
3. Even the most menial tasks make my brain hurt.
4. I'm sick of everyone, everything, and myself.

Okay, now that I'm writing it down, I realized that this is probably a combination of burn-out mode AND foggy-sick-person-brain. I just keep telling myself, since nothing is actually wrong, that I will perk up once I get over this cold. And I tell myself not to overthink it too much, and not to look for problems where there aren't any.

The only thing going on around here is burn-out-foggy-sick-person-brain.

So here I sit, thinking, "Dear children, please keep sleeping," and, "Dear husband, please come home soon," and watching Marley & Me. Because I feel that maybe I just need to induce a good cry to get it out of my system, and since nothing in my life is actually wrong, I must resort to Marley & Me.

And now is the part where Jen has a miscarriage and Marley comes over and puts his head in her lap.

Oh yeah, tears. Here we go.

Shoot, I got nothin'. And now the movie is back to being funny again. I guess I'll have to ride it out till the end.

If this doesn't work, I may have to bring out the big guns...

P.S. I Love You.

I'll let you know how it turns out.

Comments

[Terri M.]

oh, dear... sounds all to familiar. I think everyone gets that way, and then by some miricle we bounce back and are lovin the world again and appreciating all that is out there. It doesn't help that we have this hot, humid weather, then nice weather, then rotten, then nice. It is like, how are our bodies suppose to adjust. Hang in there dear friend! You will make it! When you and your family are feeling better, we need to get together... the whole summer has passed already and we never saw each other! How did that happen?

[Q]

Ditto on what you said about the sick kids and sick-o me but I didn't think of watching a movie to make me cry it out.

[Michelle]

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Sending good thoughts your way.

[Flying Jae's Mom]

Burn-out mode happens a lot for me...I hate to say. But there you have it! And yes, a good cry does seem to help the situation. Praying you all get well soon and the mood around your home changes for the better!