I don’t know about you Warrior mom’s but summer is anything but lazy for me. I have so much to do and I love this season. Unlike the other seasons it involves an indoor and outdoor routine for me. And for Anna, like what day is it anyway?
It can be challenging because I have to alter my workout routine as her bus time is an hour off from her normal school day. This means we both have to be ready around the same time and it gets a bit crazy in the morning. I try to get her ready without stopping or else I’ll forget something. There are many steps and if I don’t do them all it can be heart-stopping. For example, five minutes before the bus shows up and I’m rinsing a feeding bag, combing her hair, wiping her face. Or worse yet looking for that damn strap to make sure her harness is buckled. Only us moms of all these little gadgets and wheelchair complications get the reality of it all. I always look at her wheelchair as I push it down the ramp making sure that her feeding pump is actually on there and has a connector (again details, details, details). This is why I try to finish her all at once, a good tip to observe for us crazy morning people.
This is all long after I’ve opened my eyes and thought to myself what day is it? Am I working today, and is she going to school? Once I’ve figured that out I can get up. Lately, due to my shoulder injury my whole right arm is numb causing yet another question, should I get up earlier to let my arm come back to life? All these things are swirling around my head. Yes, I think this is temporary but as I told Paul, you can’t imagine how uninviting getting up is when your arm isn’t working. So then I figure out what day it is and go into action.
As I think I have more time I also try to do more, constant non-stop doing in these summer mornings. If Anna doesn’t have school I have two and a half hours to get lots done before I leave my house. This feels good. It’s another one of those small morsels that gives me delight of her being out of school one day, yes I’m leaning into that as I see the time coming.
If I really get my act together I can have coffee outside. Coffee outside is a simple delightful pleasure for me. It’s a pat on the back to getting it all done and ready and then I can sit (which we rarely do) and just wait for that bus to pull up.
I’m dealing with so many new time frames to follow plus the beauty of the morning sun and the birds. I’ve been making mini quiches in the morning, soup in the crock pot at night on low, (a ready lunch with a sandwich most of the week). Going to work dreaming of my pool in the evening, sitting outside. These are the days even if I don’t know what day it really is.
I hope your are rocking this season. It comes and goes like they all do, quickly. I’m embracing life and enjoying each day, and taking a few sweet breaks with Anna. She loves it too.
What I’m reading now: American Mother by Colum McCann with Diane Foley
What I’m smelling now: https://warriormom.scentsy.us any Lavender Bar
What I’m having fun with now: Reading, Swimming and Gardening, visiting with old friends
Finding the damn strap to buckle her in when the bus is about to pull up is one of my morning battles – I’m glad I’m not alone! I hope you keep rocking this summer!
Yes, I very much appreciate how much Jackie does with Anna! Mornings are very hard for me!