January is always tough for me. I know it's supposed to be a new start and all yeeha! resolutions! and stuff, but I always find myself a bit weary. Januweary.
It's like coming off of a high and being all bleh. Aimless. Discontent. Cold.
With no snow to be temporarily distracted by. Boring weather is boring.
While I'm thankful that our little magical trip to Disney (it was fun, captioned pics here) ate up 5 days of my month-long funkfest, the return to reality took the whole deflated feeling up a level. Now the holidaze, extended and otherwise, are truly over.
For me anyway. After today, the kids totally have another 5 day weekend off from school. Some devious maniacal exploit of the 9 weeks system and the lining up of MLK day equals Monday as a holiday followed by two teacher workdays and OMG what the hell am I going to do with the boys that whole time?
Plus Cyrus might have inherited my post-holiday-blues gene, because he woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning and I barely got him out to the car this morning. I'll be surprised if I don't get a call from school today. "Cyrus has been standing in a corner, pouting, for the last hour..." What could I do about it? I'm pouting too.
Oh well. Once I make it through next week, well, then Januweary will be almost over.
So bear with me, it might be a pixel-free ghost town over here until I get my mojo back.
In the meantime, I'm setting low daily expectations, thereby upping the chances of being pleasantly surprised. Content myself with meeting everyone's basic needs, and maybe my own too. Let a few things slide. Soak up simple pleasures. Snuggle up with a book or a movie. Practice positive visualization. Chant little mantras No calls from school / No calls from school. Conjure happy vibes, and so forth.
Hopefully next week I'll get back to running & yoga. And maybe five days home with the boys is just what I need. I good kick in my woe-is-me ass.
Everything else, including contemplating/setting grandiose goals, may just have to wait until February. My birth month. When the little wintery boohoo cocoon I wrap myself in gets too confining and I bust out, all colorful and Go Me! I'm Awesome! again.
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ReplyDeleteJanuary's got a way of doing that to us. At least we know "this too shall pass" and all.
ReplyDeleteYes, I like that saying, I think my mom has used that on me a few times. :)
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It's all going to be alright Sandra. I do the same thing when things are bit poop....i just let a few things slide....until i'm ready to move briskly again and be enthusiastic about life. Hope you find a good book. I've got to take mine back to the library, and i have overdues to pay. waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
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My januweariness with descend come Tuesday when my own teaching schedule resumes...and then it will be two weeks of chaos until a routine emerges. Wish I had some clever 'thing to do' to offer to keep the boys interested.
ReplyDeleteWhen I think of all the prep and take-home work that was involved with teaching (which I always left until the very last minute)... well, it makes me feel better about choosing to stay home with the boys for a while. :) But I definitely miss being on campus, seeing all the new faces, and having something to get dressed for. Good luck getting your semester started!
Deleteokay okay, i just took the link to your Disney marathon, you had me cracking up with some of your captions, like the photo of the 50 yo sounding little girl behind you in Magic Mountain. And are the lines seriously that long? my kids are going to faint with waiting.
ReplyDeleteThe longest wait time I saw for a ride was 70 minutes, but I'd say the majority were roughly 20 min waits.
DeleteFor some rides, they do have the FastPass option, which lets you put your ticket in, and it spits out a "come back at this time" ticket stub. We did that a couple times and it really cuts down on your wait time... though sometimes there will be a short wait once you enter the FastPass line too. And you have to make sure you don't lose your little FastPass ticket stub because they ask to see that when you go back.
Cathy's smartphone games really came in handy for killing time while waiting.
My kids were on that same break...Yippy! All I hear all day is how bored they are and I tell you I say things like "If your so bored you could do the dishes, the laundry or perhaps take the damn garbage OUT!" haha...fun. I went and bought 20bucks worth of books at Goodwill and am praying for SNOW so I can feel less guilty about getting nothing done. A book and some hot chocolate sound good. We've had just enough snow to have snow days off school GOD! lol
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