Monday Mornings. She gets up and completes her chores without reminders. She feeds the dog and takes her out, gets dressed, breakfast and then teeth. Real life is that Dad is away this week and she misses how he makes egg sandwiches.
I am 43 years old. It's hard for me to wrap my brain around that sometimes, how do we know we feel a certain age. I certainly have a bunch of stress in my life. Real life is trying not to use stress as an excuse to not take care of me.
She's a great eater. Real life is that she won't get much of a walk today due to schedules and we really need to make some time for training.
His stuff cluttering the hallway as he scurries around attempting to be on time. Real life is that planning ahead is a skill that requires real work for some people and he's not there yet.
L is down for breakfast. Real life is that it's hard for him to sit at the table for any length of time, he will only eat certain foods, and he just really enjoys listening to audio books to hep him with the sounds in his head.
Real life is that he is driving and I sometimes hit my arm against the dashboard when I get really nervous. Real life is that I do not or I can't picture what life is like beyond this stage when he's out driving around on his own.
Heading into work. Real life is that it takes an extra 15 minutes to get to work from the parking lot via shuttle. Real life is that I left before the 11 year old bus came and he was all set getting there independently.
Real life is that work days are really hard when /my spouse is away, so, much to manage.
Real life is that gas is almost $3.00 a gallon now and I drive an 11 year old car that is still running just fine.
Taking a technology break after work. Real life is that I have struggled with tuning into social media too much and over the past 3 weeks I have made changes to break the habit.
They discovered some really old videos when I dragged out the big camera for this project. Real life is that it gave me a moment of pure joy when we enjoyed the videos of them as littles doing airplanes with mom and Dad. Those little voices!
After he home support person leaves, we do a Yoga with Adrienne video together and then read on the couch. Real life is that I don't make enough time for this and as a result I'm very self conscious about how I'm looking in photos these days.
Real life is that getting into bed on time is still a struggle, and there still need to be many rules and routines around bedtime, This time of day I often lose it. We're all tired.
Hugs and tuck ins......
Real life is sometimes she has trouble communicating her needs.
Real life is this is the favorite part of my day, and I go to bed when the kids go to bed always when J is traveling. I'm proud that I'm choosing to read
The Great Alone rather than connecting with my phone.
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