I don't like to start my day off rough. The worst start to a day for me is waking up at 6:00am after being up every two hours all night long. Which is exactly what happened to me last night.
I love my children. But it is so hard to stay optimistic and make the day fun for your kids when you can't think straight because your head hurts and you can't keep your eyes open. To make matters worse, my almost-two-year-old was so grouchy and defiant today, and our almost-three-month-old was a gassy mess for some reason. After being awake for only three hours, I was on the verge of an emotional breakdown and it was barely 9:30am. At that point, I realized that the day needed to turn around. Fast!
And then, the miraculous happened! Well, miraculous to me, at least. The boys fell asleep at the same time! Which means I got to nap too! And they napped for almost two straight hours. I woke up feeling refreshed and so much better! We colored. We played. They even cooperated so that I could clean up some of the house! I had counted the day out and assumed I would want to pass out as soon as they went to bed without having any time to relax a bit.
To top off the good afternoon, we went out to eat as a family with some friends of ours, then stuck around at the local restaurant to listen to a friend of ours play along with some great friends of ours. And of course, we ate some delicious food because Black Bear is amazing! (If you live in Morgantown and have never eaten there, you are really missing out!)
After getting my belly filled with delicious food and finally having some adult conversation, we came home and I got to watch my son play pirates with his Daddy, thanks to his birthday gifts from his buddy, Jacob. While they played, I got a phone call from my sister-in-law, Sarah, and got to catch up for a while. It's so nice to have conversations with people that you don't get to see often, especially family!
I know this post is just me rambling about all the stuff I did today. But this was a pretty big lesson for me. I am so good at counting a day out after a few hours of bad attitudes or a crappy night's sleep. But today I learned that just because a few little things get me down, I need to continue to be optimistic. When I look back on my days, most of them have been amazing. There really has never been a day that started bad and ended badly also. So from now on, I won't count out a day just because of a few bad hours. My life is so awesome, even on the bad days. Thank you, God, for the crazy awesome life I live!
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