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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Has anyone seen my sunglasses?
I am a 29 year old working mother of 1 (not counting the 2 dogs), who is starting to feel like she is slowly losing her mind. Last night I told my husband Denny that I am not communicating very well with him anymore. I feel like I have so many things in my brain right now that I can't even think straight. I used to be a highly organized person (Denny even called me a human calendar), who could keep up with every little event, doctor's appt., reminders, schedules, etc. Now I can't even remember if I took my vitamin 10 seconds after taking it.
Denny and I both have very busy jobs, social calendars and we try to keep up with the housework and our daughter equally. He has been so busy lately with his paying job, Humzoo and some side projects that I sometimes only see him at dinner and communicate with him via email. I have taken on some new responsibilities at work which means a heavier workload and new things to learn, so I feel that after picking Dylan up at daycare each night my brain is already fried. Things will pop into my head during the day that I need to tell Denny and then the next time I see him I am like, "Wait, I had to tell you something, but now I forgot again." I told him last night after bumping into him in the house for the 3rd time that I finally remembered but just did not have the energy to tell him the story I previously wanted to tell him. It is like just the act of retelling the story will physically exhaust me.
This could be the reason I get stressed and get sick all of the time (Dylan's germs from daycare may have something to do with that too). I know some friends and family think that Denny and I have neglected them in the past year, but it is nothing personal. It is not that I don't want to hang out with everyone, it is just that I don't have the time, energy or brain power to hang out with them. I have given up a lot of time consuming things that I used to be good at like putting laundry away in a timely manner, writing thank you notes, and brushing my hair, but I still don't have enough time in the day to get it all done and feel good about myself.
Maybe one of these days my brain will catch up and I won't feel like such an idiot. Or maybe the government will add extra time to the day. I just want to know, has anyone seen my sunglasses? Oh nevermind, they are on top of my head.
Has anyone seen my sunglasses?
I am a 29 year old working mother of 1 (not counting the 2 dogs), who is starting to feel like she is slowly losing her mind. Last night I told my husband Denny that I am not communicating very well with him anymore. I feel like I have so many things in my brain right now that I can't even think straight. I used to be a highly organized person (Denny even called me a human calendar), who could keep up with every little event, doctor's appt., reminders, schedules, etc. Now I can't even remember if I took my vitamin 10 seconds after taking it.
Denny and I both have very busy jobs, social calendars and we try to keep up with the housework and our daughter equally. He has been so busy lately with his paying job, Humzoo and some side projects that I sometimes only see him at dinner and communicate with him via email. I have taken on some new responsibilities at work which means a heavier workload and new things to learn, so I feel that after picking Dylan up at daycare each night my brain is already fried. Things will pop into my head during the day that I need to tell Denny and then the next time I see him I am like, "Wait, I had to tell you something, but now I forgot again." I told him last night after bumping into him in the house for the 3rd time that I finally remembered but just did not have the energy to tell him the story I previously wanted to tell him. It is like just the act of retelling the story will physically exhaust me.
This could be the reason I get stressed and get sick all of the time (Dylan's germs from daycare may have something to do with that too). I know some friends and family think that Denny and I have neglected them in the past year, but it is nothing personal. It is not that I don't want to hang out with everyone, it is just that I don't have the time, energy or brain power to hang out with them. I have given up a lot of time consuming things that I used to be good at like putting laundry away in a timely manner, writing thank you notes, and brushing my hair, but I still don't have enough time in the day to get it all done and feel good about myself.
Maybe one of these days my brain will catch up and I won't feel like such an idiot. Or maybe the government will add extra time to the day. I just want to know, has anyone seen my sunglasses? Oh nevermind, they are on top of my head.
Lord help me when I do. I will probably leave a kid on top of the car and start to drive away...
I'll see you tonight, in passing most likely. Or we could have dinner, over iChat. Or maybe I could conference you in to a meeting and we could talk while we're waiting for everyone else to join, then you could drop off. Don't ever say I didn't try.
Dave, Denny, get working on the "things to tell spouse" tab on everyone's page.