Hospital, home

[ailbhe]

We had to take Emer to the Eye dept at the hospital today, to see whether she has a squint (results: inconclusive, come back with eyedrops later). The weather was horrific; there are fences down and laundry scattered over several gardens, and right up until we left there were boats sailing by upside-down and farm animals being flung against the upstairs windows, more or less. So I got all three children weatherproofed and wrapped up and tied Astrid to me under my coat - I borrowed Rob's heavy winter coat so she'd fit - and packed our stuff into waterproof bags and tied our hoods on tight and then we left, and it drizzled halfheartedly until we reached the bus-stop, and by the time we changed buses in town it was all cheeping bluebirds and blue skies in the distance.

So that was nice.

In new year resolve news, I have figured out that I spend way too much energy on housework, without actually achieving anything like enough, and I need to put more energy towards self-care, so I have started up my Flylady checklists again, but this time I have put my self-care things as a higher priority than the housework things. We Shall See.

For now, I have coffee and chocolate and a sleeping toddler, so that's good.

Comments

[serene]

Ooh, I love your idea about the flylady stuff. I'm going to do that, too! I shall get started on my lists right now!

(And I love the word pictures you paint.)

[rmc28]

I hope the self-care goes well.

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

I wamt to use FLYlady again this year. I ddn't at all last year & you can tell from the state of the house (& me)

[the-changeling.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a plan to me, batman. I'm trying the same myself, but so far, mey. Not managed to clean my bedroom first, which is my self-care priority.

But we are eating well, and that counts. :-)

[hobbitbabe.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a great idea, doing the checklists but putting the self-care things first.

When you've put lists of what you've accomplished so far in a day on LJ, I always read them.

[ai731.livejournal.com]

I, too, am trying the FlyLady thing again this year.

[baratron.livejournal.com]

Remember to put your own oxygen mask on first before assisting with others.