Don’t you love it when the house is quiet? Happy King (my husband) is at work and the Little Guy (my son) is out with his TSS, so I am left with a peacefully quiet home for a couple of hours. Of course, as soon as the door closed behind them, my mind started racing about what to do first…. I should really tackle some housework that never seems to get done when I am getting interrupted every five minutes, or I should get out my to do list of people to call and paperwork to take care of for my various roles in life, or I should clean out a closet or do some other big project that keeps getting put off, or maybe I should take advantage of the time to rest or do something purely for fun.
I have to consciously stop myself because I know from experience that if I try to randomly race through a bunch of different tasks, I will just end up feeling more stressed out and even resentful when they come back home and need my full attention once more. So I make a plan and compromise with myself by doing all the dishes that are in the sink (the ones on the stove can wait for Happy King to do them tonight), picking up just the obvious stuff in the living room, watching about 15 minutes of TV and then coming upstairs to the computer. I have made a couple of calls but otherwise am using the rest of my time to browse around online and just enjoy the quiet.
God is so good – after a year with several changes of staff and even two months with no one in place, The Little Guy now has a wonderful TSS who is smart, understanding, caring and dependable! We are learning from each other – her from my experience as a parent and me from her professional training and enthusiasm for the job. While I’ve certainly learned that nothing is set in stone, I feel really good about where the next few months could take us.
