I've been struggling lately to keep it all together! I caught a cold from Kayla (my 3rd one this season!), but there are no breaks for being a mom. No matter what, babies/kids wake up at the crack of dawn demanding breakfast. Kayla's thing lately is "jelly stix!!", which are toasted peanut butter and jelly sandwiches cut in stick form - hence the "jelly stix" name. Laundry doesn't stop piling up. Dinners have to be made. Diapers need to be changed, etc. etc. All you parents out there know exactly what I'm talking about! There IS no "sick day" for all the mommy duties. Of course, we love it, but we just need to be sick sometimes, too.
Same goes for being a mompreneur. Every day that is lost, things don't progress. I don't have to call anyone to say that "I'm sick" with a raspy voice to be convincing, but the flip side is that things don't get done.
I'm working late tonight to make up for the 'sick mode' I've been in for the last week. I don't do it that often, but it's a trade off for usually keeping great hours to be with Kayla most of the day. As I was preparing my presentation, I got THE BEST email from my hubby. It just said, "Dadda daughter picnic! Miss you!" with the attached picture.
Dadda put her picnic table outside on the porch to enjoy dinner in the 70 degree weather together. We live in Chicago, so 70 degree weather is a HUGE CELEBRATION, especially in March. He said before she sat down, she said, "FUN! Where mommy?" My heart melted. Talk about motivation to bust out my presentation for the meeting to rush home and join them. Signing off...to go to a picnic...