The last week has been hard for me.
I noticed over the last couple of weeks that I have not had as much energy as usual. Almost everyday I need a little nap.
I have not been feeling that great. My nasal polyps (a holdover from my mycotoxin overload) have been popping up a lot and it is interrupting my sleep.
The house build is a LOT.
Homeschooling is a LOT.
Helping a high school senior navigate college scholarships and helping with graduation things is a LOT.
(In fact I had to take a moment to go complete something for part of the local graduation celebrations, that I realized was due by Monday while I was writing this.)
Making three meals a day is a LOT (anyone else feel me here?).
We area getting ready for a couple of trips and that feels like a LOT because many of the items we need are in storage. (Have I mentioned that the items we have left are stored in three different places?)
These are all GOOD things.
They just feel like a LOT right now because I am sleep deprived.
So I’ve been struggling.
We have been so grateful to have the use of a family members house for the winter.
It has been amazing.
The view.
The proximity to my brother and his fiance.
The proximity to friends new and old.
Staying in the same area so Trace didn’t have to change high schools his senior year.
It has also been hard.
Hard to fit our families things in the cracks between someone else’s things.
Hard for me to clean the house the way I want to.
Hard to have our things in three different places.
Hard to live quietly in someone else’s space when you want to live out loud.
So I’ve been struggling.
At this time in my life, I need less
Fewer menu choices so meals are easier to prepare.
Fewer things to clean around.
Minimal clothing options for everyone so we have less laundry.
For every item we have to have a home.
Less stuff around me so my brain isn’t full all the time.
Less distractions and more sunlight.
Honestly, I can’t wait to be camping again.
Camping is inherently harder, while also being simpler.
Less distractions.
Fewer meal choices.
Sunlight from the moment you wake up until the moment the sun goes down.
Limited clothing options by default.
Less stuff.
Everything has to have a home so it doesn’t get dirty/wet/crawled on by tiny rodents.
Less places that need to be cleaned.
The struggle is real.
Camping will be a welcome relief.
Find out about our house build here.
See what we have spent so far on our house build here.