project hiatus
This is all I feel like doing lately.
All those projects I had hoped to make are piling up in my brain but are not getting made in real life. I was doing so well when this new baby arrived. The projects were getting done. The housework was mostly getting done. However, it seems like the laundry is suddenly growing exponentially, and I can’t keep up with it along with all the other chores. By the time the bare minimum of tasks is completed for the day I’m quite exhausted. There’s no energy left for the long list of fun projects to get tackled. I really can’t blame Violet because she generates minimal extra laundry (or does she) and is sleeping 10-12 hours per night. I will say that she is requiring several hours of time being spent in my arms. Like right now I’m forgoing eating dinner in order to hold Violet while the girls eat (Mike’s gone for the night on a scout camp out). I also attribute much of the disorder to my other 2 tykes. The second I turn my back after cleaning up a mess another one has been made by them. Of course, I do make them help around the house, but that “help” requires my supervision which keeps me from completing other missions. When I suggested that hiring a live-in housekeeper would be good for the economy Mike just gave me a look of disdain. After all, the same suggestion was made in my favorite series of books, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Not that we’d ever be able to afford to employ a person, but at least I can dream, huh? Oh well, I suppose this is how it is to be. For now. Maybe I can muster up enough energy tonight after all the girls are in bed to finish the jacket I’ve been making for Annie. Dagnabit, it’s so close to being finished.