I Should Be...

It's not putting away groceries this time.  I should be doing a million other things.  You see, in 50 hours I am leaving my family for a week.  My sister, her two sweet babies, and I are leaving for a road trip.  Headed south to Atlanta to see our brother and sister-in-law.  Then over to Savannah to see Tiana's in-laws and meet a new little baby. 

And we are excited!!!

And I should be packing, doing laundry, making food, checking things off my list.

But instead I am blogging.  Because I am overwhelmed. 

 I may have sent my sister a text this morning saying this: "As soon as I woke up this morning my mind went crazy with everything I need to do in the next two days and I ended up in a fetal position wondering how I'll ever get it all done."

Sometimes I like to be dramatic.

So I tried to start packing.  Have you ever wondered how a (self diagnosed) person with ADD prepares for a week away?  The answer is this:  in piles.

Oh, sweet Jesus, I need your help.

In addition to the piles of stuff, I have piles of emotion.

In one pile we have excitement.  Tiana and I have never road tripped together.  Clearly, we are both amazingly fun and so this will be EPIC.

Also, as much as I love my kids, it will be refreshing to have a break from them.  Not gonna lie, yesterday at church I went to the bathroom just to get away from them.  Judge me however you will.

Thirdly, IT'S MY BIRTHDAY ON THURSDAY!!!!!  I love my birthday, I love being the center of attention on that day.  If you do not text me or wish me a happy birthday on Facebook I will know and remember forever.  The end.

In another emotion pile we have stress and tangled thoughts.  This is why I need lists.  They are my savior.  Ok, Jesus is my savior.  But lists are his right hand man.  Deep breath, it'll all get done.  Probably.

The last emotion pile is sadness.  This one didn't crop up until 2 or 3 days ago.  It's been 12.5 years since I've been away from Larry for this long.  5.75 years since I've been away from my oldest three kids for this long.  NEVER have I been away from Jake for a whole week.

I'm gonna miss my peeps.

But someone else is going to make food for me all week so that brings me right back around to the excitement pile :)