Mental Health Day

I am more behind than ever!!! Have you ever felt that way? Some of the lists are in my head and some are actually written down. Today I feel overwhelmed with it all and so far haven't done a thing except teach school. Don't get me wrong - we have been busy. We've canned apple juice and apple butter. We have also canned pizza sauce and salsa. There are tomatoes on the counter and tomatoes in the freezer. There are cut up peppers in the freezer and way more peppers sitting in the garage waiting to be taken care of. There are also several stalks of celery sitting in pails in the garage waiting to be taken care of. I've made desserts for fundraisers, watched my nephews for a weekend, supervised piano practice, taught school four hours every day, picked apple for the children to host a fundraiser, completed all the necessary paperwork for police checks and child abuse registry for helping out at Awana at the church down the street, said no to directing at Awana. I've harvested seeds from my flowers and stored them away for next year. I washed, dried, and folded countless loads of laundry. I've taken Andrew to the doctor and then onto the pharmacy to get new asthma medicine. We've been to the library to check out books, and driven kids to birthday parties. We've attended a presentation on Noah's Ark, got together with our home school group to kick off the year, had our first gym night, and I've attended two mom's meetings.

I've been busy!!!

But the list doesn't seem to get any shorter. The bathrooms desperately need to be cleaned, I need to make an appointment for flu shots and for Andrew's vaccination (I'm only a year behind on this one). I am always working on lesson plans and making sure that I haven't forgotten anything - although I did discover today I am about a week behind in assigning a science project to Caleb. I am always planning meals, cooking, or doing dishes. The house hasn't been dusted in - well, I can't remember since when. The extra bedroom has become a catchall room that is starting to look like - well, one of those houses that you read about where authorities enter the house to find only a trail accessible. The rest of the room is covered in junk. Those peppers and the celery in the garage need to be taken care of in the next day or two. Floors need to be cleaned, living room picked up, and still piano to be practiced. The garden plants need to be cleaned out as do the flowers. And then there is the quilt that I would love to finish and the next child waiting for theirs to be started. When is there time for that??

So today I am going to curl up on the couch with a cozy blanket and do nothing. That list isn't going to run away and I need a day off. It is a mental health day for me. Maybe I'll make a cup of hot chocolate and look at the quilting magazine I checked out from the library. Everything will seem better in the morning.

Sandy