Getting ready to holiday in Melbourne for a month, my over achievement tendencies have gone into overdrive.
For example, now it is past midnight and I am making jam, fudge and nougat as presents for guests coming tomorrow for brunch. I could have just bought something, but no, I love my homemade gifts .... just not so good I leave them to completely the last minute.
Another example, trying to kickstart my Thermomix demonstrating as well - a week before we leave. Really?
Anyway, I do frustrate myself but I don't want to give any of it either. So self-inflicted difficulties.
Unusual day today. I have a sore shoulder (heaven knows how I did it, but I have damaged the tendons on my right shoulder stabilising muscles) so really am pretty useless at housework stuff like washing, or washing up or anything with lots of lifting. So Damien stayed home with three littlies whilst I took Tom to cricket.
Bliss. So nice to just sit in the shade with the breeze and cheer on Tom, and have a cup of coffee and read the paper. Wow.
Then I ran some errands with Tom and crossed a few things off my to do list.
Then I went and got a manicure and pedicure and then I went clothes shopping for lingerie and designer clothes - holy moly! What a magnificent day!
Damien was very, very, very over things by the time I returned home which nearly spoilt the day, but we regrouped and put up the Christmas tree very belatedly and put Christmas lights in the front windows. I made pizza and Damien bathed the kids and then we all jumped in the car to go look at the Christmas lights in Belmont and Tingalpa.
Some of them really were beautiful and some of them weren't exactly beautiful but done with such love that there were well worth the visit. We went just as the sun was setting so we were able to get a pretty good park and we walked down the streets. Queensland was putting on a great electrical storm as well so there were two kinds of night lights! Rain came just as we were leaving so great timing. The kids loved it - especially the man-made snow, the fluffy moving toys, the train sets and the laser projections. Sammy was wonderful as usual and even at 8.30 - two hours after his bedtime he is happily kicking away in the pushchair observing it all.
So a crazy day, because instead of doing the presents for tomorrow earlier, I was doing other things. And I still have some accounting work that must be done asap - tomorrow evening?! After Christmas brunch with friends and Christmas dinner with Damien's parents - hmmmmm, see what I mean about over achiever.
I have spoken with Damien about this and he simply says that is who I am. I think he is partially right - but if it is not who I want to be, I can change. But I do think I like all that I do, so I don't want to change .... in fact, I really just want to do more - like more yoga, meditation etc. Oh really, who knows?!
Tom had a fabulous week at home school. He finished his third level of the spelling curriculum (drop the e when adding a vowel suffix rule, and homophones ended this book) and we are just finishing Grade 2 of the maths curriculum. We started computer programming - the textbook is pretty jargonish which is disappointing as I had hoped Tom could teach himself but it is just a little too hard and I will need to work with him, at least initially. He loves it though and loves the idea of computer programming.
William finished up at kindy - wow where did that year go?! He has grown in confidence so much in this year. Today he went with friends to another friend's birthday party no problems. He is so looking forward to school and learning to read. That is my main aim with prep for William - get him started on reading!