The Second Day

The Second Day of a New Lifestyle always seems to be the hardest. The First Day you have the enthusiasm. The Second Day, you are tired. Today is the Second Day for our family. It's going as expected. We overslept, through the alarm, I'm still in my pjs, as are the kids. Jeremy ran to work, and the house is slowly becoming a mess again all because we didn't start out right. Sigh. I hate the Second Day.

I have decided, though, that even though the Second Day did not start out correctly, it is no reason to lose what we have already gained. So the small messes that are popping up through out the house are being picked up, before they turn into the "insurmountable task" of cleaning the whole house. The beds are being made, no matter that it is later in the day than what is supposed to be the proper time to make the beds. The laundry is being done, because today is designated laundry day. I will shower, when the hot water returns (because I already started the laundry). And the day will not be lost! We will not lose what we have gained!

I know most moms are already organized, most children already make their beds, most houses stay clean all the time. (At least this is what I'm led to believe by magazines and what not.) We have made our house so that it is easy to keep it clean, everything has a place. The kids are still not trained to put everything into it's place though. Working on that. And the husband still has trouble with that idea. He's one who Finds places for things. That's why, right now on top of my bookshelves lie two obtrusive and irriating cardboard boxes. Filled with who knows what because I can't reach them. And he laughs, like it's a funny joke, when I point them out. Because it is kind of funny, and a running joke in our house, the way he "puts things away." I don't know if you can really call it that though.

Anyway, maybe later today I will share some of my triumphs from our First Day of the New Lifestyle. And maybe I'll make today triumphant too!