Is the grass is greener?
The end of term is starting to feel like an adopted sack of King Edward potatoes continually strapped to my left thigh and I can see the effect slowly spreading through the whole house..things are in piles waiting to be sorted, which is basically good, but there’s never time to organise anything so they’re just breeding free-style like a tottering physical rash. Take the laundry room which I always think – possibly strangely – is the outer representation of my inner mind. Ordered = in control. A shambles = manic. We are somewhere inbetween with ordered chaos: Clothes in baskets but heaped to the ceiling and bursting at the seams. The other barometer of life – My handbag?…an overflowing dustbin of cr*p..
It doesn’t help that the days are loosing their rhythm..suddenly there is a cornucopia of End of Year Shows, Sports Days, interviews at new school, tea party at new school, Second Hand Uniform sales, Ballet exams, Art Exhibitions and Prize days to fit in with their ever-growing list of additional requirements and I can feel my shoulders needing to grow on a daily basis. The social diary? It’s like Christmas again with late nights and lots of alcohol – which initially feels a necessity..until the next day…and I know I’m grumpy when I examine things and any bad grandma grammar really starts to great grate…It’s reached a point where I’ve actually started to hug people with tears in my eyes when they cancel..
I’m not the only one feeling it..
So from where I am standing, the kids off school for nine weeks?.. looks like bliss!
(Just remind me of that in a few weeks time…)
Laters, Kate xxx
Maison Bentley Style 
Argh!…I remember it well! Give you 3 weeks in and ……..! There’s always Frinton ssssh! X
I’m already checking the route planner… xxxxx
Am guilty of always trying to put the house in order and yes, have been called a control freak so many times for wanting to just take care of all the mess they all made.
I call it the ‘negative’ work..it gets destroyed so quickly it’s a bit like being a hamster in a wheel..not good xxx
Hmmm…I wonder what it means about the state of my order/disorder that my dog has ransacked my purse several times in the past couple weeks and I haven’t been bothered to reorganize it. The damn mutt has a thing for dark chocolate granola bars and must still be smelling crumbs of the one he devoured a couple of weeks ago Ugh. And of course i can never remember to put my purse somewhere he can’t reach it. This would not actually be difficult, he is only 10″ tall.
Ok. That has created a whole series of funny images in my head..appreciated! xxx
Awww. What a pup! Hahaha love the bag pic. I always admire moms greatly. While I do nanny, I get a break. Y’all are 24/7. Well done. xo
Honestly – I do believe in managing the margins..ie if bag is tidy it’s so much easier to find keys and not forget purse. Now the priority is not to lose my head..! xxx
haha. xo
I think given how hard you’ve been working it wouldn’t be unreasonable to hire in a couple of housekeepers just for a day. Just to get you back to square one. Laundry, floors, a little dusting here and there….Believe me, it’s a good thing. Money well spent. I have friends who do this for a living and they are really GOOD at it. They could have you organized and shining in a few hours and the feeling you get? Aaaahhhhh……it’s like nothing else. Treat yourself, Kate. I picture the next photo will be you in Charlie’s position, just chillin’ on the floor…
Thank you for the love xxx We are going on holiday in a few weeks and I will get some serious re-charge then..THEY HAVE A KIDS CLUB!! which means not having to be on duty to make sure no-one is drowning, reading a book..or 10 and having uninterrupted conversations with the husband..am counting down the days xxx
Good news! Have a nice relaxing time, you deserve it. Do you ever see those guys who spin plates on top of long sticks and they run back and forth spinning the plates to keep them from crashing down? That used to be me. Now I am a professional layabout. Can’t wait to get back into the fray, so I’m a fine one to talk!
Its that thing..the grass always looks greener on the other side..but it never is. So I say take every bit of day dreaming you can..you need that recovery..and I’ll take the buzz of work – and at some point we can swap!! xxxxx
I like and share your sentiments on the state of your environment reflecting your inner landscape! I experience the same when my head gets cluttered with mental/emotional trash – my bedroom becomes a bomb site! This usually lets me know it’s time to do an internal spring clean. Good luck with getting the chaos straightened out! 🙂 xxx