The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer, but despite this I find that I am still not getting enough sleep. You too?
In case you’re wondering, I’m trying to get back into that style of blogging where instead of telling you “5 ways to eat butternut while standing on your head” or “Some Really Hectic Thing That Happened That You Need To Know About”, I just want to let you know what’s happening. It’s still quite weird for me to spew my thoughts without a real “end goal” so bear with me kay?
We’re about to head into a really hectic couple of weeks. Just thinking about what’s in store is making my tummy queasy. Not only in terms of my business where we have to make a few big decisions, but in every other facet too. We have family down from New Zealand, so we need to make sure we see him as much as we can, which probably means hosting family at our house at some point (which I love, but is hugely stressful when your mother in law is a REALLY amazing cook). Knox has an interview with a potential new school next week (which I NEED him to get into because it’s around the corner from our home), I have 5 really huge and time consuming blog things happening – three of them on Friday and despite all of that, all three kids are coughing all night and are mostly miserable.
How am I currently walking around and trying to communicate like a “normal” human being?
Well, I think that would depend on your definition of normal and when exactly one becomes an alcoholic? Is it when you’ve had two G&T’s with breakfast? I joke I joke. I don’t condone drowning your sorrows to that extent, but we won’t talk about how many packets of Nik Naks I’ve stress eaten in the last week OK?!
It probably doesn’t help that my mood is almost directly related to the weather, so when I wake up in the dark, cold morning it just sets me up for a long day trying to get my head back in the game.
On the note of sleep, do you ever hear your alarm go off and then wake up to turn it off, but then you close your eyes for 2 seconds and then suddenly you wake up an hour later with a sleep-hangover the size of Mount Everest? Specifically if you have woken up mid-dream. Is it only me? It’s like, 10 hours since I woke up and my brain still feels like I’m in a half-dream half-awake state.
Ugh.
Another thing that I have been thinking about is limiting the amount of “sponsored” goodies that I giveaway or chat about on the blog directly. Like for example I have three pretty cool hampers to giveaway but I don’t feel like writing a whole article about it when I could be complaining about my kids instead. So in cases like that, I’m just going to give them to the readers of my newsletter. What do you think? The only requirement is that you’d have to be subscribed to the mailing list which you can do here: SUBSCRIBE
While I’m thinking about it, I wanted to just clarify that the newsletter is not just going to be a summary of the posts that I wrote in the last week or two. Besides the special giveaways, it’s going to have info that doesn’t make it onto the blog, offers that no one else can get and maybe more. Actually, you tell me:
What do you want to see in a newsletter that won’t make you hate signing up for it?
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Totally agree with the tiredness! Its unreal! And worst when there’s no break in sight. Hang in there, we will recover…. eventually right?! So keen for the newsletter as well, you have me curious now 🙂
But when will we recover? Right now I’m predicting around 2050 when I’m in a retirement home? I’m curious about the newsletter too haha – even I don’t know exactly what will be in it yet!
In a newsletter i would like to hear about upcoming blog post that would keep me interested, some snippits that you really enjoy like i really enjoy listening to this while i blog etc.
Brilliant! Thank you for these ideas, you’ll find them in the newsletter soon soon.
Maybe like a mini version of your ‘currently’ posts for the newsletter? Also something with your ‘bookclub’?… I really want to be part of an actual bookclub, do people still do those with actual reading? For now your online one is always interesting and keeps my bookclub needs going haha.
Also as a FTM to be at 20 weeks pregnant, something like ‘what I’ve learnt about…’ could be super interesting and helpful? Could be anything and everything, whatever strikes your fancy that week – cooking for the inlaws, how to survive sick kids etc. Like just a couple of lines, a mini blog kind of thing?
I share your need for a book club. Do you think it’s possible to do one without ever meeting up in person? Instead 12 people join and buy 1 book, then over the course of the next 12 months it rotates between people via post? Ohhh, I like this but will it work?
Also, I freaking love your ideas! I will definitely make use of those, thank you so much!
I am so in for a ‘virtual’ one too (mostly because at the moment I just want to hibernate and never see my make up bag again haha). I think it could definitely work! I’ll have a think about how it could work. Yay! 🙂
Had to laugh! The pic of your girls made me think that our stress level is directly proportional to your kids stress level: They look chilled, happy, totally stress free. You, are stressed to the max. Weeks can go by with nothing much happening and then Bam! ALL the things ALL at once.
Super keen for the newsletter. You should get Seth to do a cartoon or something! Or the kids.
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Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could be adults but have the stress level of children? That would living our best lives for sure.
I love the cartoon idea! You’re the best!
I love how you keep evaluating your style and your approach to blogging. I never get tired of reading what you have to say. To the point that I’ve contemplated starting a blog too (seeing as I am now officially a SAHM after quitting teaching ?, some days I’m still in shock.) Anyhoo, I love your musings.
No ways!! That’s amazing – I so admire women who can be a SAHM! Also, I’d LOVE to read your blog – do it, do it!!
If it helps, there’s a public next week…and the week after 🙂
It’s literally all that’s getting me through right now!
Tiredness I can totally agree with. Mentioned something about it in a post I did earlier today. What better way to deal with stress than NikNaks??? Looking forward to the newsletter. If the content of your newsletter will be anything like what you write about on your blog, you’ll be good 🙂
Gish you have a lot going on Honestly ask your MIL to cook and host at your house?
I don’t usually like newsletters, since we all have enough of a challenge trying to keep our inboxes clear, but since it’s not always easy to keep track of my favourite blogger’s posts on SM (thanks for nothing Facebook), I do like that I can get an update on recent posts. As long as it’s not daily 🙂 Keep up the good work, and be kind to yourself. You’re an inspiration to so many moms (including myself who has been a mom for all of 5 days), so give yourself some credit for keeping so many balls in the air with losing all sanity. And like a friend said to me recently, if you find yourself crying to yourself in the shower, it’s totally OK and we’ve all been there. Sterkte.
Everybody I talk to is tired recently. It’s almost like it should be December holidays already but we’re only in April?!?! I wonder if it’s just that time of the year with it becoming colder and darker earlier and the sun rising later…perhaps we just all feel like we should rather be in bed and coming into work has become tiring because of all that. Who knows. I was saying to a friend this morning though that my tired isn’t the type where I need more sleep! It’s more like I’m just drained. Like I need an energy booster…or a dark quiet hole that I can crawl into and shut everything else out!!!!
Hang in there xxx
I want a Kardashian hair.
Oh wait, you’re referring to your newsletter hahaha, well, uhmmm youre really good with these mini vaca’s that you guys seem to be taking a lot. So maybe tips and giveaways in that regard?
I enjoy most of your posts so carry on!