Days like yesterday come up every now and again. I can always see them building--maybe two or three weeks in advance. I see a day on my phone calendar that wont share, a day that insists: "No! It is all for me!", a greedy day. I try my best to avoid these days, to teach days to share, spreading errands and activities around evenly. But sometimes it is unavoidable. Sometime I just have to endure a day of running around like a crazy person.
Yesterday was a doozie. On Monday night I kept on waking up from dreams about forgetting an errand or item on my calendar. Or I'd wake up sweating and think "How am I going to be in three places at once?" The lack of sleep did not help my attempts to take on the day with less anxiety. My phone calendar only shows the added events, I still had all of the routine stuff to deal with--school pick-ups and drop-offs, meals, homework nagging, etc. By mid afternoon I was kind of freaking out. I knew I would get through the day, I just didn't know how many important things I needed to do would fall through the cracks. By evening I was through the worst of the day. I had only forgotten one event, Lorien's play practice--I remembered--30 minutes later, and I was late for just about every commitment after that but I made it through the day.
I feel like these busy days are good reminders: remember to be thankful for those slow "boring" days where time seems to drag and to remember: I am part Super Hero. I can be in three places at once.
