I’m a huge avoider of things I don’t want to do. Instead I’ll do other lesser things I don’t want to do to make myself feel better.
I woke up today and did the normal morning things. Then I was sitting down to work on the senior letter which is due in four days. Yes, I’ve had around 5 weeks to do this already. But I was avoiding it and doing the other senior things they required of parents. I felt like mentally I could only handle one every week or so. But I can’t wait any more.
I wrote for about 10 minutes, and then got up to say goodbye to my second son who was off to school. From there, it was like the book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Like most moms know, tasks are endless, and there are distractions everywhere. I went into my room and decided it was time to start cleaning, started laundry, and started going through receipts and throwing stuff away. From there, I worked on cleaning all the bathrooms, including the shower/bath which I often ignore.
An hour later, they were better but not top to bottom spick and span, but at least it was productive. At the same time, I’ve been doing laundry. So those will all be done today. Until the next time…
Now I’m writing here but what I really need to do is write something meaningful to my son. There is so much to say. I don’t want to make it about me. I don’t want to make it generic like, “I’m so proud of you”, etc. I am proud of him and will say that but I want it to be great.
My son filled out his housing application for the dorms last night. He filled out the short roommate questionnaire. He chose a few dorms and ranked them. I’m praying they match him well. Some are doubles, triples and quads. I think a double is better but a lot of those dorms then had the hallway bathroom which I’m told gets really gross. Apparently college students today aren’t like they were when I went to college back in the day. I don’t ever remember mine being gross.
I also need to order graduation announcements, figure out what we are doing for graduation, actually get some work done, and make a slew of appointments for doctors, etc. I have no idea how moms with kids commute to work and come back home and deal with all of this. I am home and cannot get even a quarter done of what I need to do.
Okay, by the next time I write here, I will have a first draft of the senior letter and an idea of graduation announcement. I also need to clear my phone because I am about to max it out.