Pattern
We are half-way through week 11 of 18 of police academy (i.e. stay-at-home single parenting 5 days a week). I have finally figured out a pattern to my psychology throughout the week:
- Monday: starts off well; half-way through my goals and hopes for the week overwhelm me and I crash; I spend the late afternoon or evening actually making progress.
- Tuesday: craziness: running around with things seemingly out of control, but it isn’t actually as bad as it feels.
- Wednesday: long, drawn-out exhaustion; poking around.
- Thursday: worn out, just trying to hold myself together.
- Friday: expectation and joy that Matt returns in the evening, so I wrap up all the loose ends laying around the house.
- Saturday: I look back and realize I actually did quite a bit, even though it didn’t seem like it at the time. So I make plans of what I want to work on the coming week.
- Sunday: rest.
Repeat.
Six more times.
I am definitely going to have to go into caffeine detox when this is all over.
You described how I feel most weeks, but I have a husband home. Yikes! What does that say about me? Caffeine is your friend and my friend. Let me know when you go into detox, and I’ll go with you.