I’m again, y’all! Final week was terrible. Completely horrible. I bought sick on Sunday night time every week in the past, and was utterly out for 5 days straight. I spent nearly all day and night time for 5 days in my mattress, solely getting as much as repair meals for Matt, get myself a drink, use the toilet, or let Cooper out.
On high of that, the climate was loopy! Wednesday night, had loopy thunderstorms, twister watches, twister warnings, civil protection sirens blaring throughout us. It was only a loopy and depressing week throughout.
And the kicker? Earlier than I bought sick, I had deliberate a catered get together for a buddy on Saturday night time. Fortunately, there have been going to be too many individuals to slot in our home for a catered dinner, so we had deliberate it at one other location. However all week, my solely purpose was to get nicely in order that I might make it to the get together that I had deliberate.
Someway, seemingly miraculously, after a fully horrible week, I awakened Saturday morning feeling nice. I used to be so relieved! And the get together went off with out a hitch and everybody had a good time.
So yesterday, after church and a day spent with my household, I got here dwelling and needed to face the truth of my home. I used to be reminded of what a buddy stated to me earlier this yr. She stated that after a dialog with me, it struck her that not a single factor will get executed on this home except I do it (or except I take the initiative to get assist). So if a meal will get cooked, that’s on me. If trash will get taken out, that’s on me. If something will get cleaned, that’s on me. If groceries are purchased, that’s on me. If Cooper and Felicity have meals and water, that’s on me. If Cooper is taken out all through the day, that’s on me. Matt can’t assist me with something, so it’s all on me.
And that was by no means so clear as after every week of being sick, after which having to take care of the wake of mess that was left behind. I spent at the very least two hours cleansing final night time, attempting to make some headway in my kitchen, however nonetheless awakened this morning to this mess.
The kitchen was such a catastrophe that I had to herald an enormous contractor bag to get the job executed. A daily kitchen rubbish bag wasn’t sufficient. The ground is completely disgusting. And after two hours of cleansing final night time, I nonetheless didn’t even get the entire dishes washed. (I actually did no cleansing up after myself final week. It was all I might do to muster the vitality to prepare dinner a meal for Matt, however cleansing up afterwards was out of the query.)
And as of this morning, my lounge nonetheless appears like this…
And one way or the other, I’ve bought to get this home underneath management and able to host folks on Wednesday.
Issues by no means appear to go as deliberate, do they? 😀 I had every little thing labored out. By this time, the studio ground was alleged to be executed, and the studio cupboards have been alleged to be put collectively and put into place, leaving my lounge free and clear and prepared for friends on Wednesday, simply in time for our commonly deliberate as we get again into our regular routine. However then a reasonably large wrench was thrown in to the gears, and every little thing got here to a grinding halt.
Oh nicely. That’s life. Sadly, it appears like several work on the studio goes to should be delay till Thursday of this week. Between every now and then, I simply should get the home wanting extra like a standard, lived-in home once more, and fewer just like the native landfill. 😀 However I’m so glad to be up and about once more, and feeling GREAT once more!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and enhance the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
