the essence

Crash and burn.

For two weeks straight it felt like we were constantly on the go. The worst was that we'd either be gone all day or that we weren't getting home until 11:00 or later at night. Addison and I were both sleep-deprived.

So, last Friday, I went on strike. I skipped youth group that night & stayed home. Good thing, too, as Addison went to bed at 6:30 that night. I was able to give myself a nice little mani/pedi.

I skipped soccer Saturday morning. We were gone all afternoon Saturday at the wedding but there was no way I was going to miss that.

After church Sunday we went with a slew of others to Con & Rach's for lunch. While we'd normally be the ones to stay all day we actually went home after a couple of hours so I could relax before going to church for the evening meeting.

I was in bed at 9:30 on Monday night (Addison was in bed at 6:30 again).

I'm usually the one who loves to be busy & on the go. But, I tell you, I was worn out! I know part of it was because the house was getting messy and cluttered. We'd been gone so much that some places were simply dumping grounds for us to put everything before we went back out.

Thankfully, the place is finally getting cleaner, the Christmas decorations are put away, and things are getting organized again.