After having a fabulous weekend, I'm pretty tired today. Not more tired than last week but tired. I'm sleeping okay at night, maybe waking once to use the bathroom, but I am still exhausted when 6:00 am rolls around. Today was another swimming day and I didn't go. I just really needed to sleep. It's not that I can't swim but the early hour has finally gotten to me. I think I'm done getting up at 5:15 am to swim for now.
Sometimes I wonder why the heck I'm so sleepy. I've been pg for nearly two years straight, so I guess I forget the toll it takes on a woman's body. I mean HELLO! I've got a 5-6 pound baby kicking away in there, 40 extra pounds and three other active kids. Why shouldn't I be tired?!
Today was a pretty typical day. I don't know if I am awed or scared by the amount of work I get done before 8:15, when we leave to walk for school. Not only am I showered, dressed, hair done (well, dried) and make up on, but I've made breakfast for the kids, thrown in a load of laundry, cleaned up b'fast and the kitchen and today I vacuumed G's room. After walking 1/4 mile to school and back, I finished the diapers, made and cleaned up snack, played with the two at home, read some stories and made chocolate granola bars.
After picking up Joseph (again, another 1/4 mile there and back), we had lunch, took Camille to preschool and I cleaned up from lunch. Joseph watched TV while I tried to get G to nap but ended up napping in the recliner in his room. It wasn't a GOOD nap and I was still pretty tired.
We read Joseph's school books, got Camille, I cleaned up the blown-around diapers from the porach (I really need a drying rack and clothes pins) cleaned up a little and made a "lunchables" dinner. Adam took the big ones to Joseph's takwondo class while I put Georgie to bed. I've thrown in another load of laundry (number 3 for the day) that included the one pair of spring pants that fits me. (Georgie smeared chocolate on them.) I've cleaned up the kitchen, run a second load of dishes in the dishwasher, started the grocery list for the week and am about to watch the Duggars and fold laundry.
Now I'm tired again....
Holy cow, that's a lot! I'm barely doing anything right now and I'm constantly tired and I'm only 14 weeks! Everyone says that the second trimester will be better and I'll feel more energy, but I don't think that day will come!
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