A Month Off For Mommy!

I am exhausted! For the past week I have been debilitated and bedridden. The schedule I have been trying to maintain has finally caught up with me. Two teaching jobs, a full time business owner, a full time mommy, and wife...and I am pooped.

Everyone kept telling me that the grueling schedule was not going to last but I didn't listen because Osama and I are in a crossroad in our life. He is also working way too much....gone Monday through Friday....week after week.

Finally, I got sick. I was so sick I literally could not get out of bed to even use the restroom or eat. Everything hurt, ached, I was sick to my stomach and it felt like a bad case of the flu. I slept about 18 hours of every day for a few days before I could get up and start moving again. It really scared me.

The problem is that once you fall everything around you starts to fall along with you. The kids depend on me to pick them up and get them to their activities, make their meals, and take care of their every whim. Osama depends on me to set up his business logistics and plan his schedule ahead. The store needs me to maintain purchases and the books...that is not to mention the hours I put in actually working the floor. Then when I get done, I run home to make sure everything is clean, the kids get their homework done, and I start grading papers and getting my own teaching work out of the way. I honestly just can't do it any longer. I took a leave of absence for a month from teaching.

I don't know if it is going to help. It is only a month but I really need it. The last time I had a day off was July 13. I am just so behind and I need a breather. I don't even know what this month is going to do but my doctor said that if I don't slow down then my U.C. is going to flare and that frightened me back to reality. So, here is to a month off....I honestly can't wait.

Oh, and I've been invited to write for an online magazine. Not sure if I want to do it yet. I've had writer's block....but I will keep you all updated!