{"id":450,"date":"2010-08-18T03:33:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T03:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2010\/08\/now-is-time-we-talk-about-our-feelings.html"},"modified":"2010-08-18T03:33:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T03:33:00","slug":"now-is-time-we-talk-about-our-feelings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2010\/08\/now-is-time-we-talk-about-our-feelings.html","title":{"rendered":"Now is Time We Talk About Our Feelings…."},"content":{"rendered":"

Before I get going with my Colorado blog posts, I’m going to take a moment to discuss my feelings<\/i>.<\/p>\n

“Really? You RARELY talk about your feelings….you fill this blog with things you’ve seen, things you’ve done, things you would like to do….”<\/b><\/p>\n

Yeah, I guess you’re right, my dear imaginary blogosphere friend. I think the only emotions you ever see out of me are:<\/p>\n

“I’m so excited we got to do ^insert activity here^!!!!!!”<\/p>\n

or<\/p>\n

“Would you believe folks eat ^insert high fructose corn syrup, trans fat-laden food here^?”<\/p>\n

So now I’d like to discuss the Inner Mom Peace emotions I’m feeling.

“Aww….how sweet! Whatever do you mean?”<\/b><\/p>\n

I mean this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Feeling the peace….<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I don’t think I realized it until yesterday, the first day of school for my boys.<\/p>\n

Yes. Boys — in the plural! My little Timmy started Kindergarten yesterday!!! Jacob’s old hat at this now, and he had no problem making his way to school almost on his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
From 2010 08 16 First Day of School & Timmy’s 1st Day of Kindergarten<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
From 2010 08 16 First Day of School & Timmy’s 1st Day of Kindergarten<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Yes, it was emotional for me as Mrs. Brockhaus read the Kindergarteners “The Kissing Hand<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

So…after the 30 minute parents’ time in Timmy’s class, Dave went on to work and I was left with a house to myself.<\/p>\n

All.<\/p>\n

Day.<\/p>\n

Okay, so it wasn’t really all day — but it was 6 1\/2 hours! And today, it was 7 hours!<\/p>\n

And for the first time in a long time, I was finishing things around the house without one of the kids interrupting me in some way. Whether it’s the two of them arguing, one of them asking me a question, or my having to stop everything because it’s mealtime or snacktime. Part of being a Mom, I know.<\/p>\n

All of our traveling contributed to the disorder in my mental being, I’m sure. It was a fun-filled, action-packed summer, but the return to routine is very welcome!<\/p>\n

It isn’t really the physical tasks of doing things around the house that’s bringing me the peace, it’s the mental part of it — that my brain isn’t getting flooding with other things. I’m not thinking “Oh my gosh! I have to get this done NOW!”. I know that these things will get done eventually while the kids are at school.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I caught up on yard work, laundry and cleaning floors. Today I caught up on filing paperwork — I had a stack of bill statements, medical insurance statements, military paperwork, even stuff from taxes last winter…a single stack that was growing and growing since New Year’s!!! I used to file this stuff MONTHLY! I also put the boys’ completed schoolwork in a pile in our office area…I later decide what stuff to keep, what stuff NOT to keep (remember, we’re a military family, we can’t keep everything!).<\/p>\n

This feels great! And it couldn’t come at a better time as I have to start preparing for our move this fall. We’re planning a yard sale for much of our unneeded stuff, but I’ve also discovered that some of our items will sell well on Craigslist or eBay. I feel like I have time to do all this now.<\/p>\n

It’s a nice feeling. <\/p>\n

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Before I get going with my Colorado blog posts, I’m going to take a moment to discuss my feelings. “Really? You RARELY talk about your feelings….you fill this blog with things you’ve seen, things you’ve done, things you would like to do….” Yeah, I guess you’re right, my dear imaginary blogosphere friend. 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