4:23. 5:08. That’s when Susanna and the big kids woke up yesterday, respectively.
Today was much better–5:45 and 6:20.
We’re adjusting to re-entry, and it’s not just the three hour time difference that’s wearing us out. (Though I couldn’t keep my eyes open at 8:30 last night, so that’s a big factor.)
The 60 degree temperature swing has us all dried out and parched. The influx of new stuff has me trying to find new places for old things and creative places for new things. The transition from five adults around to one adult has the kids clambering for my attention, but Derek still has four more days away at a DC conference. A reread of this milkshake post helped me realign my attitude yesterday morning.
So instead of trying to get everything done yesterday, I sent Tommy outside to water our parched lawn, compiled my Sprouts shopping list (all fruits and veggies–we’re detoxing from the sugar overload) while the kids made mudpies in their skivvies (it was 81 degrees!), and pulled the shopping cart out of its time-out in the garage so that Susie had something to walk with. I made sunflower seed butter and jelly sandwiches for the kids for lunch and dinner. I let the kids pull every pillow off the couches in the living room to make a fort (hey, I needed to vacuum underneath the seat cushions at some point, anyway), imported our new Little Bear audio CD to our computer, and changed out all of Susanna’s 3-6 month clothes out for 6-9 months. And though it’s not yet 7:30, the kids are dressed and ready to go to the park this morning.
I can always finish unpacking tomorrow.
love that milkshake analogy!
Look at you go!!! That’s the way to recover from a wonderful vacation and reinter normal life! 🙂
I, too, loved the milkshake post–and think it’s amazing that you got so much done! Even though we don’t have the time zone issues you’re currently experiencing, we’ve had plenty of early mornings this week and I’ve been *trying* to be productive so that when it’s 10:08, I can look at the clock and be amazed by all that we’ve gotten done (b/c, of course, it’s always “we” and never “I” who am doing anything!)… be it chores or reading books or work or whatever. It doesn’t really help at all when the 4:00 slump hits, but it does make it better for getting to bed earlier. I hope the trend continues and you get at least an extra hour of sleep tomorrow morning!