When it rains, it pours

I’ve been feeling pretty brutal the last few weeks and it’s been a tough week. Colin brought home hand foot mouth a few weeks ago. The week after, we took a weekend trip to Virginia and that really took a toll on me just a few days after recovering.

I was able to power through last week, but really struggled with my energy levels most of the week. This past weekend, we had a planned trip to upstate New York which was fun, but a lot to handle. I was exhausted most of the weekend and was just happy to be home on Monday.

Of course, just as I hoped things would start to get back to normal and I could take some time to catch up on work, life, and rest, Colin may have caught yet another bug of some sort. As such, we have him home from daycare today and potentially the rest of the week which is a huge strain on both Sophia and I.

I’ve had a lot of this “learning to be a parent” moments the last few weeks especially. I never thought parenthood was easy, but even I have to admit that this was a lot harder than I thought.

Of course, a lot of the pain is on Sophia and I. We simply planned way too much this summer, and these trips absolutely exhausted all of us. I’m not happy about that and in retrospect, I should’ve been better at saying no. It was clear that we likely needed a longer more relaxing trip this summer to unwind and get away as a family, not these short weekend trips.

Luckily, we have the next 3 weekends home. I need a big reset on everything going on in life. It’s time to get some rest and get back to a nice routine. It’s going to be good to be nice and bored these next few weekends with not much on the schedule.