Some tired mom thoughts

So the weekend is over and it’s Monday morning. I don’t usually say this but, “THANK GOD IT’S MONDAY!” The weekend was very stressful for me. I had the following responsibilities.

1. Cover for a friend of mine who was on retreat as far as our transcription business goes.
2. Plus getting my own transcription work done. (Only half of that happened. I’m working on the rest of it today.)
3. Go to Calvin’s swim meet
4. Speak at Pre-Cana.
5. Practice for the prayer service
6. Play flute at the prayer service at the end of Pre-Cana some 5 hours after our talk.
7. Play for mass the next day.
8. Perform in the Wedding Showcase, a program to give brides and grooms a chance to hear our parish musicians and exposes them to music they might want for their ceremonies.

Today I’m totally wiped out. Luckily I had a field trip planned for today so I don’t have to worry too much about lessons for the kids. We went to the library to learn about the Dewey Decimal system. But as the librarian was explaining how the numbers worked, I sat in the back of the room nursing Rosie feeling like what I really needed was a good cry. I still have a lot of transcription to get done, a house to clean, dinner to cook and it’s just overwhelming.

So why did I give an entire of my weekend of my life away like that? Part of it is because Mr. Pete and I aren’t very strong in sharing our treasure with the church. We are just stretched so tight sometimes it’s enough to pay for the basic stuff. So we thought years ago that we would be more generous with our time and talent. Mr. Pete teaches 6th grade PSR and has for the past 5 years. We’ve done this Pre-Cana talk for the past 3 years and have been on the Pre-Cana team for 2 years prior to that. Playing for mass (Mr. Pete sings) is also our way to help contribute.

It feels like a heavy cost though. Maybe money would be easier!

In the book A Mother’s rule of Life, the author talks about the 5 Ps. Prayer, Person, Partner,Parent and Provider. Preparing for the Pre-Cana talk definitely helps Mr. Pete and I in the Prayer department as we prayerfully try to get ready to give that talk. I think it makes us better Partners too because it reminds us of what it means to be in a Sacramental Marriage. Maybe it even helps us to become better people as we try to relate our experience to these young couples. But I think there was a price to be paid in the parent department as the kids didn’t have us around much this weekend. My role as provider also got the short end of the deal as I rush around now to get my work done. I try to tell myself that if I get any flute playing gigs out of this, then I helped my Provider rule and that always helps the kis and my husband, but I wonder if I’m deluding myself. The truth is I love to play and I rarely get a chance to perform, so maybe that was only for me as a Person and all of my other Ps got short changed.

I’m not offering any answers here. These are just my thoughts as I try to settle down over what was an eventful, emotional, exciting, yet tiring weekend!

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