MS fatigue has hit. It has nothing to do with how much sleep I do or don't get, it simply is. I wake up in the am after 8-10 or so hours of sleep and feel wonderful. Get up, dressed, start the day and all of a sudden BOOM I hit a brick wall. there is no functioning, and yet I have no choice BUT to function. The only comfortable solution is to lay down and sleep for 3-4 hrs, which will buy me another 1-3 hrs of comfort. BUT. I'm a mom of 4 and babysitter of 2 and thats just not an option. So. I'm thinking up changes I can make to try and help myself. There is nothing i can do about the mornings, I have the little girls and they're fairly high maintenance, being 4 and 2. Katie is a big help but she's also a kid with her own responsibilities. I've decided that.. while more sleep isn't the absolute solution, it can't hurt. so.
1. I'm going to stop getting up at 6 for kids who arrive at 8ish. From now on I'm setting my alarm for 7. I'll just have to quit hitting the snooze button. LOL It will mean giving up an hour of alone time which may or may not work for me. We'll see how it goes this week.
2. I'm taking an hour every afternoon to spend on me. Now, this isn't anything new except that I've been doing so in my bedroom where there remains plenty of work to be done. Trying to relax in a room with work looking at me does NOT WORK for me. I simply don't relax. I keep doing, or I sit thinking about what I should be doing. so, from now on I am spending an hour in my scrapping corner downstairs. It's almost completely organized and puttering away down there is fun, not work. If I scrap, I scrap. If not, whatever! I will not be staring at housework and I will be spending time on ME. I will also make it a happy zone. only happy children are allowed unless one is truly injured (or, as my mother used to say ... bleeding from their ears lol)
3. I am going to TRY to be IN bed by 9:30. I've been aiming for 10 and doing well enough with it, and I honestly don't know if 9:30 is realistic or not. With marks schedule... it may not work. But for this week I am going to make that my goal and see how it goes. That will end up giving me an hour and a half's extra sleep a night, and if I take that hour to myself in the afternoon I may not miss the me time of the evening so much. Here's hoping! Extra sleep isn't the solution, it's not a lack of sleep that is the problem, but it can't hurt to get it!
any suggestions? I still have to fit Katie's school help in, she's doing book work this year and thats time consuming. Too much in my day!
On that note, I am off to look for ways to simplify my days. My mom gave me money for my birthday and I bought this to help me get more organized...
I have a closet here beside my computer that I can use for storage. It used to be the coat closet when the door behind me was the main door. When the mudroom was build it became the main entrance and this closet is now "obsolete" if you will. I've got a little bookshelf on one side that holds multiple things (including playdough and related toys) and now these drawers. My desk is going to look so MUCH better when I get all organized! 
Ok. Off for me for now. Cute pics to close with...
don'tcha love the look in his eyes?
life is all about fun to Keyley, being a princess is just another good part of it! LOL
