Day 6 - Review

So here's the thing, I don't really know WHERE today went?!?

I got up early, didn't lie on (though I could have), had breakfast, did Swagbucks (affiliate link), Moodscope (64% after yesterday's score of 3%). Was then floored by news of my cousin's husband's death (worst case scenario after years of depression and alcoholism) and my heart broke for his two young children and I fell to my knees for them. Cleaned the bath/shower in the en-suite and the shower in the guest bathroom while I used it. This all took four hours! Meanwhile Hubby breakfasted with the baby and bathed and dressed him and then took him for a cycle and several short family/district visits. Returned and fed Sunny a snack/had himself an early lunch.

I took over Sunny's care while my Hubby went off to do some errands, I dressed, put on the laundry, played piano with Sunny, read stories, nursed, toileted him and put him down for a nap and enjoyed a short piano practice. Made myself some lunch, gathered up my tutoring and then sat in the quiet of the bedroom eating, enjoying a quiet time and tearful prayer session with God, then worked for my afternoon tutoring session. Re-nursed, the stirred from sleep and nursed back over, Sunny while continuing my tutoring prep and then gently awakened Sunny so I could nip to the toilet before my first student arrived. This took three and a quarter hours, at which point Sunny went back to my Hubby's care.

The next two and a half hours were me, working, aside from ten minutes in the middle, during which I made Sunny's tea and got kisses from him and the Hubby.

I then nipped out to swap/hang laundry and start a second load. We then enjoyed a family tea together, which Hubby prepared and then he departed for a church meeting, after many kisses and hugs. Sunny and I swapped/hung up the second load and got the house ready for bedtime. Had a short catechism practice and piano playing fun before changing for bed, stories, milkies, tearful prayers, toilet and bed to piano-playing. Oh and I arranged childcare for O's tutoring sessiom. That was three hours.

As I write this day's review, I realise how little I did today and how badly I do waste time, especially since another two hours have passed. Those two hours were spent eating chocolate, watching TV, reading blogs and really very little. Major fail on committing my day or plans to God. I haven't even gotten my clothes out for the morning though I have laid out Sunny's.

So here's to doing better tomorrow. Lord help me redeem the time. Help me, help me.

Oh yeah and tomorrow's new challenge will not be a tidying time as I'd originally planned (I'll let it keep) BUT the challenge I've been avoiding. After a day of eating two FAMILY-SIZED bars of chocolate and four chocolate bars and two MASSIVE bowls of sugary cereal and several plain biscuits and NOT EVEN FEELING GREED, UNTIL ITEMISING IT HERE!

I am ready . . .
- no more chocolate
- no more sugary cereal
- no more added sugar
- no more sweets
- no more middle-of-the-night eating (unless it's healthy e.g. carrot sticks)

Bring it on!