I don't know 'exactly' how I am going to make it through this week. I just know that I need to.
Yes well. I am busy.
Graeme is working on a major pitch at work. The advertising industry is not always glamorous. He is brilliant at what he does, and I am making an effort not to be too whiny and to be more supportive. What it means is that he gets home really late most nights and pulls weekend hours too. This does not happen often, but when either of us needs to work long hours, then the balance gets knocked out a bit at home. These past two weeks have left me with a much stronger respect for single mothers. I really really (really) sincerely don't know how you ladies do it. I just don't. The one night I bathed both of them for the second time just so they would sit in one place for a while. By while, I mean I left them playing in there for a good hour or longer.
I basically have two toddlers at home. Wonderful as they are, they are busy. I have to hold myself back from going in to a full-on rant about it right now. I just wish they would sit still for seventeen seconds sometimes. My kids don't watch television, they don't even watch movies anymore. They just play and play and play and play. You need to watch them every second. Benjamin has taken to climbing and jumping off furniture, and I won't even tell you what I found Noah doing yesterday for the sake of his privacy, but MAN he's going to hear it in his twenty-first speech. He is going to hear it, hard.
I don't know what I'm thinking sometimes. Running three small businesses. In one day I am attending an event or meeting for my blog, then looking at packaging options for Graeme's lamp, then dealing with orders and manufacturers, sending out quotes and invoices, couriering orders.. Then working on my freelancing, meeting with clients, sending work out, implementation plans, content calendars, liaising with media. Obviously I love it, and I love it more because it is OURS. All of it. I can leave the house at ten am if I want to, I don't ever sit in traffic, I don't even drive anywhere. I work one street away from my house and the kids, and I get home at around four pm. I love it and I'm grateful. I just cannot take on any new work or clients right now. I just need to accept that I have reached (and am able to reach) capacity.
However. I am rocking.
This week I have organized an amazing event, lined with more sponsors, got amazing packaging for the lamp, confirmed new clients and received a gold star (think animated gif) from another one. We've reached a record in orders and all in all things are going really well. This weekend we're doing something really special for Mother's Day, my awesome brother is here, we're doing a little family photo shoot on Sunday too. Next week I'm meeting with two very powerful ladies to talk business and new projects. I'll be on radio too, on a different matter. LIVE radio interview? Raising Men? WHY did I say yes to that? WHY! Graeme and I wrote a nice little article for a parenting magazine, including his take and tips on fatherhood. This blog's new look is being revealed next week, including new friends of mine. I also have two very special announcements to make. Tomorrow I am meeting with a major buyer regarding G's designs too. Isn't that exciting?
To finish off, I need to send a few reports out, like right now. And I need to get home before Miriam resigns. Like right now.
So, this week didn't see me coming. Then I high-fived it in the mother-freakin face.
Like a Ninja.