Sometimes I feel like my life is on fast forward. But not fast forward like on an old VCR where it goes normal speed or fast. Fast forward like on a new DVR where there are different speeds of going ahead. I feel like with every child I have in my care, the speed bumps up one notch. So when I just have Doodle, it’s just a little bit faster. Throw Sugarplum into the mix and it goes two clicks faster and when I have all three, I’m at full speed fast forward.
I am constantly forgetting to do things. I am always thinking “Oh, I need to respond to that e-mail” or “I HAVE to fill out and mail that form” and days go by and tasks don’t get completed. I’m constantly going to bed thinking of everything I forgot to do that day and making a list of things to get done the next, just to forget or run out of time again which just perpetuates the cycle and lengthens the list!
I have a list of posts I want to write, my soul is oozing with mommy wisdom, life experience and opinions I’m dying to share but the two hours at nap time and one hour after bedtime (when I’m home and not working) just isn’t enough time to write, format, gather pictures and post!
All of this and yet, somehow, when I’m home by myself with the kids, time seems to slow down. It’s as if someone is using that function where when you pause a show and hit fast forward, it advances so s-l-o-w-l-y. My mornings last forever. The 20 minutes after school pick up and when we start homework (just before nap) seems to never end and the time from after nap until hubby gets home for dinner seems like an eternity!
I feel like a live in an alternate universe where time flies by as it stands still (cue The Twilight Zone theme)…
