Christmas and New Years Eve 2014 is a wrap and now it what I call re-entry time.
The time when the reality of what needs to get done smacks you between your eyes.
It is the time for me when my thoughts begin swirling in my brain. I feel a huge urge to begin a to-do list. When I go away on vacation, there is a point in time, where I know re-entry is upon me. Sometimes it happens on the car drive home, or the airplane's initial descent, maybe for you it is when you finally walk through your door.Re-entry is when the responsibilities of life come back to the forefront of your mind. The vacation bubble you were living in developed a micro size pinhole....
As a mom, there are the basic priorities that I never put on a list like unpacking, laundry and grocery shopping. These items are so obvious, being part of the list is simply not necessary.
Basic fundamentals are one thing, then comes the secondary things..... This is the time for me when the reality of all that is on my plate comes for a visit.
You see, l am just like everyone else, I juggle. When I am in the midst of living my life I tend to forget all that I have on my plate. I simply get things done. If something happens and my day takes a turn, I somehow figure out time later in the week.If there are standing weekly dates, like taking my mom to the grocery store, then it becomes part of my weekly schedule.
The boys have had 2 full weeks out of school and a little over a week without a practice schedule. We were all were able to experience some time with family allowing us some much needed downtime from our normal busy schedule. With that down time came lots of sleeping late!
Once back in reality there is a time of transitioning that most parents with school age children understand. How many of us have had to say this to our kiddos "Remember, you have to get to bed earlier because you have school tomorrow'.
For our pre-teen and teenage boys, sleeping late is high on the priority list. It takes many days to get back into the swing of things. Interestingly, Monday rolled around and all three woke up easily and were able to get out the door on time! I was pleasantly surprised but recognized that they all wanted to see their friends. This only happened Monday.... by Tuesday, they were back to normal mode of wanting to push the snooze button :)
This trip, we returned home a day earlier than usual because we had finally gotten permits for the house. (major demo was well underway). We wanted to get back to see what was happening at RnB Casa.After all the fundamentals were done, I got out my legal pad(-always have one ) on Saturday and began writing down the schedule for the week.
The schedule is a combination of all 3 boys plus my appointments, responsibilities and scheduled water polo practices .I am now adding in our triathlon training for the week. I have to make this as scheduled appointment since I know if I don't I will not get in the necessary training in each week. At the end of the day, it is really all about the schedule.
I watched a dear friend maybe 20 years ago drawing little boxes for the sole purpose of being able to fill it in with check mark. I laughed at the time, told her she was silly. Little did I know the giggle was really on me! For some reason, the boxes have stuck with me : ) On occasion,I will text her a picture of my little boxes with a little note about how I was thinking about her and she laughs. You see, she is a professional organizer, so she takes her boxes and OCD to a far different level!
My re-entry week as of today, Thursday is going pretty well without much deviation. To be honest with you. I usually like to post my weekly blog on Wednesday but it simply wasn't going to happen yesterday. I made my tri training the priority with the swim and the run in the evening and guess what? I was beyond exhausted by the time we arrived at the house after water polo! I think I slept in the same position all night! Like I said, it is all about making priorities and finding the time!
I would love to hear from you! Do you have any good tips or things that you do when you return from vacation?
Wishing all the best,
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