Since my department at work has been under staffed all year either
by co-workers out on maternity leave or leaving the company altogether, I hadn’t
had the opportunity to take much time off.
With over 2 weeks of paid time off left and less than three months left
in the year, I decided I was long overdue for a break. Like seriously, I need a break! I was experiencing burn out and stress levels
that I didn’t even realize until I got away for a little bit. So, I decided to take this week off. I am not going anywhere. The kids are in school all week. But I have 10 consecutive days in which I do
not have to think about work at all.
Ahhh….I’m ready for this!
Today, was my shopping day.
I wasn’t feeling very well over the weekend. I thought it might have been a stomach bug,
but in reality I think it was just stress.
A long time friend of Chris’ family lost her son to a heroin overdose
last week. The wake was being held on
Sunday evening. I knew that I needed to
attend, but the stress of dealing with or being pulled into the drama of my
ex-family, did a number on my nerves and stomach. I finally made the decision to ask if Chris
wanted to attend the wake together, which he did. He actually wasn’t planning on going at all
to the wake or funeral, so I’m glad I reached out to him. It was good for him to be there. We weren’t there for longer than 15 minutes,
but we paid our respects and at least had each other to lean on if drama were
to ensue. Fortunately, there wasn’t any
drama. And miraculously, my stomach was
100% better after the wake was over. So,
since I felt pretty bad all weekend, I didn’t get any of my grocery shopping
done.
After taking the kids to school today, I headed to the store. I got all the groceries that we needed, took
them home and unloaded and put away.
Then I met my sister at her house.
We were going out to our favorite thrift store. I needed to start looking for things for the
Halloween costumes. Plus, I wanted to
take some fall family pictures and wanted to get everyone some coordinating
outfits. We were quite successful with
the thrifting and I am happy with our new clothes. We spent much more time at the store than I
expected! Our plan was to shop then go
walk at the lake then have some lunch.
But we didn’t finish shopping until after 1pm. So we skipped the lake and went to Applebee’s
for lunch. Of course, lunch took longer
than expected too, so I wasn’t going to make it to school to pick up the little
kids. Instead, I let my mom bring them
home like she does pretty much every day.
However, my sister and I did go and pick up Grace. She babysits for my sister for a few hours on
Monday afternoons so that Laura can go to class before Josh gets home from
work. After getting them where they
needed to be, I went home to start dinner and enjoy our typical Monday night of
quietness.
Except this Monday night I decided I needed to do more
shopping. I hadn’t found anything for
the Halloween costumes that day. So Eva
and I headed to the dollar store and Wal-Mart.
I was able to get everything I needed to make their costumes and by nine
o’clock my debit card was screaming at me to stop shopping!
So, now at home, all of the kids are asleep and I’m enjoying the
quiet. Along with some trash TV. I’m so happy to be on vacation!
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