I have so many interests – and they are genuine – that I don’t know how to make them all work. I don’t just want to do them once and be done either. Sure, there are ones that are single-use, so to speak. But I have loads that are things that I want to be good at doing, to spend time learning and doing.
But how do I fit it all in? Or else discern which to pursue? Or else, do I just do none of them and try not to think about it?
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Utter failure, so far, but we are, at least, thinking about how to get to bed earlier, which is still a good first step.
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Okay, but can we just have a big leap on a few points? I’d love to go ahead and get to the point of her using the potty all the time and of her eating enough to sleep through the night. The latter is a much bigger deal than the former at this point – I’m exhausted.
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I would like for my whole family to get sleep earlier and longer each night, compared to what we have been getting and when. I miss waking up before the sun and being well rested. Let’s start the day with the day as a family.
Well, let’s see if I can start creeping toward making that happen, at any rate.
God, guide us, please. Keep us safe and make us well. In your name, I pray. Amen.
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It’s really been a struggle in a lot of ways today. People making demands on all sides, it feels like. I know that isn’t the case, but that’s how it feels, and it’s awful.
God, guide us clearly and kindly, please. Keep us safe, make us well, and make us sleep well each night. In your name, I pray. Amen.
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I had felt like things were settled and somewhat comfortable at this point. Over coffee today, though, I got to hear where my husband’s mind is and how utterly unsettled and stressful things are from his viewpoint. Perhaps we can both move into mine for a while and have a breather from all the intense stress this past year (or two).
God, guide us, please, and keep us safe and well. In your name, I pray. Amen.
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Hubby’s home. It’s great. We’ve only yelled a little bit so far, and likely will yell lots more in the near future as we readjust to living together and to living together with and while raising our daughter. Nonetheless, I’m really relieved and grateful that he is here. And I think he is, too. I know we’re both relieved that he has gotten through the most intense and annoying parts of his training now. Now for the exciting and very real stuff.
God, thank you. Please, keep us safe, make us well, and help us to sleep well each night. In your name, I pray. Amen.
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I sat and went through some e-mails tonight. Managed to get through loads, actually, all the way back to December. Still skipped a few and still have loads and loads from before then, but this was a huge step forward. I am grateful for the progress I made while my daughter slept on my chest in the living room tonight. Now to go get ready for bed.
After some more food… hmm…
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Tonight, for the second night in a row, I am too tired to get my daughter to fall asleep in her own bed. She event wanted to sleep there. I just couldn’t handle waiting long enough for her to finish nursing so she could fall asleep. It happened last night, too. Not good, because it makes for worse sleep for me the more she sleeps with me in a night. But I just couldn’t handle waiting anymore, and she had too much energy. She can play around on my bed while I fall asleep, and then pass out next to me. It would be too much for her to play in her own room and then fall asleep. She gets too upset that I leave her and shut a door while she’s playing. It may sound dumb, but it’s what’s so.
God, help us to sleep well tonight and each night. Keep us safe and make us well, especially my daughter and my husband, please. In your name, I pray. Amen.
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I just want to find someone I can relate to with the struggle of pregnancy/labor/delivery/postpartum who voluntarily had more than one kid. Someone who gets what I’ve gone through and am currently going through, and who has already come out on the other side and chosen to have more kids. And is happy about that. Haha. Currently, my brain is a mess with sadness and struggle. It just wants to hear from someone that it’s okay to feel this way and still end up having the big family I want to have.
But it just feels like I’m surrounded by people who cut the corners and do it the ‘in my own interests’ way instead of ‘in the interest of my child/ren’. I need people from the latter way’s mindset in my life. Where are all of them??(!!)
God, guide me clearly, please, and help me to heal now. Keep us safe and make us well. Help my husband always to do well with his work and to find joy in his efforts and tasks. In your name, I pray. Amen.
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