Many days I run myself ragged. I start my day early in the morning - going from one job to another and then maybe doing errands afterwards. The days are long and fly by quickly. Sometimes I can catch my breath on the weekends. This weekend was different, however. I decided to drive up to Maine to visit with friends. This wasn't a bad idea as I desperately needed a change in scenary and some relaxation. It came with the cost of waking up at 6:30 on a Saturday morning...driving 4 1/2 hrs....playing and trick-or-treating with three children under the age of 6 and getting to bed @11pm. Followed of course by an 8am wake-up call (complete with children whispering next to me to see if I was awake or not) and another full day was in swing....with another 4 1/2 hr drive on the agenda. I was exhausted.
This running non-stop was also done with multiple to-do list items to think about. Things like finances, relationships, paperwork that needs to be filled out, and car repairs that suddenly came up, not to mention home repairs and cleaning, laundry, and grocery shopping are some of the things on my mind. Quite frankly I wonder when I get the time to do any of these things.
Today I stopped....not because I wanted to, but because I was forced to with a migraine. I had gone 23 days without one. Today would have made 24. I actually sent a text to Jeremy's mom telling her I had a migraine. Normally I just deal with the migraine and don't bother telling Jeremy's mom I have one because not working means losing hours and losing income. Since it was a holiday she had people to watch Jeremy and told me to take the afternoon off. I spent it getting a few errands out of the way, making dinner and sitting down to eat it while watching tv. It's been a long time since I've been able to do that and it felt really good.
Now I'm off to growth group.....but it felt nice to be able to catch my breath for once.
