Saturday Was Hard!

This past Saturday was a hard day for me. I was feeling depleted and generally down towards the end of the week. There wasn’t one thing in particular that I could point to as the reason I wasn’t feeling myself. Getting in bed early on Friday night felt like the right thing and I happily stayed home, ate gelato for dinner and was in bed by 9:00pm. Guess what? 

I did not even crack an eyelid until 10:15am on Saturday morning. When I touched the screen of my phone to see the time, I panicked. My thoughts went from, “Oh, crap, I didn’t take the kids to school?” to “Where am I supposed to be for work right now?” Once I realized that the kids didn’t have school and that I was not missing a work appointment, I chose to stay in bed a little longer. Coffee was at 11:00am. 

Here is where it got tough….

As I began to clean the kitchen, return calls and texts and start a running to-do list in my head, I had a rare thought. “You are tired. The only thing you NEED to do is rest.” How annoying. I am not very good at that. I’m great at doing a lot of things and pleasing a lot of people. But, I decided to listen to that little voice. I didn’t do anything all day. I stayed in my pajamas to be sure I wouldn’t leave the house. I napped. I watched a show with Casey. I let the kids order lunch and rested until I took Casey to see The Eagles, which was excellent. Running around would have been easier for me. That is what I know and do most of the time. 

Resting was hard. Really hard. 

I’m looking forward to Monday and getting back to work. That’s the easy part for me!

XX,

MG

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