Long time no blog, eh?
Truthfully, I just haven’t made it a priority. I haven’t made scrap-booking the girl’s
pictures a priority either. Bad mom. Or maybe good mom? Spending more of my days
with just them. And it keeps me busy and
happy. Oops. There’s the dreaded word: busy.
I also wish I didn't have the ambition to blog right
now. But alas, I’m sitting in bed with
my handy dandy laptop writing to you listening to my younger baby cry and cry
in her crib. Why? I haven't the slightest notion. This child has been the worst of all sleepers
since the beginning of her time and quite frankly, I’m exhausted. Near tears, in fact. I know it’s “just a phase” and “some kids are
bad sleepers” and all that can shove it where the sun don’t shine at the
moment. This sucks. And please don’t litter me with all the “did
you try’s?”
Aside from barely getting any sleep at night, life is pretty
fine. Heidi is, otherwise, a happy happy
girl. From the moment you see her in the
morning she is happy as a lark and the only time she’s upset is when she needs
to be fed. Sometimes she gets cranky
when she’s tired… and obviously sleeping isn't her favourite thing to do.
Thank God Nola is as good as sleeper as she is. I remember watching her sleep through a raging
hail storm one August long weekend with the door to the motor-home opening and
closing continually as we made beds and fussed for alternative arrangements for
our nieces. All the while, Nola
slept. She did wake up last night in the
middle of one of Heidi’s inconsolable fits… but easily turned over and went
back to sleep.
So now I write.
And to say what? I
don’t have anything profound to say or share.
I suppose I’m mostly doing this to pass the time; out of boredom and
knowing it is futile for me to bother laying my head down and try
sleeping. I’m sure I’ll remember this
without fondness but miss the cute little day time one-year-old Heidi. Kevin is beside me sleeping through it as
best he can also, but Sykes is happily keeping me cat-company. He doesn't seem to mind the crying.
So for my faraway relatives and friends who haven’t heard
from me in a while might be wondering what I’m busy doing, aside from tending
two of the cutest girls you ever saw. As
you might have known, I was selling Avon since last June. I have since found a niche that makes me
indescribably passionate and excited and it is learning and sharing and selling
Young Living Essential Oils. I learned
about them through a friend in…November, maybe.
And I've been loving it ever since.
I didn't decide to try to make it a business until January and since
then it’s been climbing higher and higher!
I LOVE the learning and the educating other people. I like talking about them and helping empower
other people to feel better. Of course
my interest was piqued mostly because of my Lupus and wanting to get it under
control. I couldn't help but start
wondering what all my delicious medication were and will be doing to my liver
and kidneys etc. Well, I feel like my
flares have gone down considerably and are more controlled and it’s thanks to
NATURAL medicine! I feel like I’m getting
back to the salt of the earth, and although I have a LONG way to go to getting
completely natural (and I might not get there) every little bit helps. I feel good lessening the amount of toxins
and synthetics in my life and my family’s.
I plan to start a 5 Day Cleanse in the next two days and am hoping
cleaning out my insides will make it even better!
The year is also getting planned up with some
excitement. I think the girls are going
to be a lot of fun this summer—more fun if Heidi can learn to sleep… Aside from
camping on Kevin’s scheduled days off (and Nola is asking to go camping
regularly now) we are planning our yearly trip to Seattle for the second week
of June. We didn't go last year due to
the uncertainty of Heidi’s heart condition but are very confident to make the
trip this year. Only a few days after
returning home, I’ll be packing my bags for a week-long trip to Utah with other
Red Deerians to attend the Young Living Convention! Really looking forward to that and giving my
business an added push.
We’re also hoping to get to Las Vegas in September to celebrate
Kevin’s 40th birthday. I've never been to Vegas and he hasn't been in quite some time. Hopefully another couple, good friends of
ours, will be able to make the trip with us!
Will be looking forward to some hot dry heat from the desert during our
chilly fall!
Did I mention I've signed Nola up for soccer in July? Sure did, reluctantly. It was a lot of money for a little three year
old to run around chasing a ball for one hour a week…but I’m sure she’ll like
it and it’ll be good exercise and fresh air.
OK, it’s quiet. What
do I do?? Inevitably I’ll stop writing,
post this, shut my computer off and she’ll start up again and likely last
another hour… But as long as I sit here
staring at this screen and moving my fingers she’s completely quiet. When does Murphy move out? I realize every family with small children
has an invisible Elf named Murphy running around… but mine can move out any
time. Sigh. I love my kid so much it hurts. I’d never do this for anyone else,
surely. And don’t call me Shirley.
OK, now my mind is being silly. Wonder how many of you really understand that
last paragraph? I barely go… Ah, there
she goes again. Not sure I’d know what
to do with silence in the night anyway.
And for those of you reading this and worrying about my
child’s well-being… Yes she’s crying, not frantically. I go in at scheduled 10 minute intervals to
tell her I’m still here and that I love her and that’s it’s time to sleep. She is not with an empty tummy lying in a
pool of her own feces wondering where all human contact has gone, so you can
put the phone down and save Child Services for another day (I say that with
sarcasm).
Anyway, I've felt this to be quite therapeutic. I think I shall have to prioritize this into
a more routine occurrence as I used to.
G’night.
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