Romeo pulled me to his room today, with exuberant pride, "I have to show you my new house mommy". Yes, he's on Roblox building houses, his video game obsession which I've written about before. So he's touring me around his new house and it's dark--real dark. Then he explains that it's "dark right now because I couldn't pay my electric bill". Yes, apparently even in make believe land, if you don't pay your bills, the lights go out. I felt better about giving the OK for entirely too much video game time because hey, aren't those some good life lessons he's learning?
Today I was slated to do a lot of housework. It's incredible how dirty the house seems to get with all of us home ALL the time. Plus really, only 1 1/2 of us actually do anything to clean it and I'm giving John 1/2 a person's contribution which I think is probably way too generous.
Anyway, I was contemplating how I could elevate my mundane tasks, when I decided to outsource it entirely. That's right, for a mere $100, I recruited my 17 year old to clean the house top to bottom. So in a way, I DID elevate the task, I elevated it by taking it OFF my "to do" list. Best decision I made all week.
Next best decision was to not fight John when he subtly suggested that instead of tamales like I was planning for dinner, we could just order from this pizza place that is the ONE pizza place in town that has everything for everyone. Usually the nice places are too fancy for Romeo and Gia, they just want good old fashioned mozzarella, not fresh good mozzarella rounds. Lucia has to have balsamic vinegar and honey on her pizza, I need it gluten free and vegan. Basically we are all annoying with our demands. Anyway, he tried, in his not so subtle way to shift me from my plans of making dinner to the take out option (which he'd probably prefer most nights truthfully). I didn't even resist, I just elevated my making dinner task by taking it right off my "to do" list. Second best decision of the day. It's amazing when you take housework and cooking off your list, how much TIME you have to get other stuff done. Wow.
Third best decision of the day was to once again get dressed. Don't get excited, I had on the same jeans I had on yesterday actually (my favorite Citizens--the Emmerson style), and a tee shirt, so it wasn't like I was decked out, BUT it was a win for me because it's rainy and dreary outside and it was frankly hard to motivate myself after yoga to actually shower and pull myself together. It felt good though, and I decided to make a new rule for myself that bans wearing yoga attire past noon.
I also realized today, with the arrival of the Wishbeads bracelets, that in my frenzy to buy them for everyone I knew last year, I NEVER actually bought myself one. I know, crazy right? I only JUST realized the significance of this today. I have been waiting for the bracelets to arrive because I'm pondering who else I can buy them for since Mother's Day is coming (and I love to shower my besties who are mammas with little Mother's Day gifts), but during that whole thought process I never actually thought about what to get for ME. All that
changes right now, because now I've realized that I should of COURSE get one. What better time to set a wish/affirmation and slap it on my wrist to energetically bond with me and set the universe in motion?? Just sayin', it's possible, and I'm getting one to make sure it does! As a side note though, they do come super well positioned for gift giving, look at this cute box!
Signed, ME {lv}
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