There is no way I am going to get everything ready in time!
Time? There’s lots of time – and things will probably be delayed and I’ll have panicked for nothing.
What if things aren’t delayed, but early?! AHHHH!!!
I just need my kids gone for 3 days so I can go hard and organize.
There is no way my kid will be gone for 3 days so I just have to figure this out.
I can be terrible to live with while I’m focused and on-task. I don’t want the last few weeks with my kids to be with me being distracted and grumpy. I want to invest in quality time with them as much as possible.
How can I invest in them when I can’t even sleep because there is too much going on in my head?
Oh my goodness!! Our lives are about to change forever. What have we done?!!
Will this ruin our family? Will things ever feel normal again?
I can’t wait to see Amara and Giselle playing together!
What if their personalities clash and they will always hate each other, and resent us for putting them in the same family?
I can’t wait until her crib is set up next to my bed and I can touch her at night. And know she is FINALLY here!!
Will I ever sleep again? I really like sleep. My kids sleep so great now – what if Giselle is a 5:30 am waker? I will go crazy!!
I hate freezer meals.
I can’t wait to have all those feezer meals at my disposal!
It’s all worth it. In the end, I have to trust that God led us to this, and it will be fine.
Is God even real? (just kidding)
(Off to bed to silence the insanity in my head for a few hours…)
“Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares what happens to you.”
I Peter 5:7
Itll be ok. Everything that needs to be done will be done.
I’m awake now because of my brain going haywire, too!! Just remember, if God brings you to it, HE will bring you through it! No worries, just rest in Him, knowing he has you all in the palm of his hand and what is good for one will be good for all!!! And by the way, freezer meals are FABULOUS!!!
Thanks, Pam! I remember being in your situation – it is almost worse because you literally know it could be any time…. or awhile yet. You are right though – He will bring us through it :)
An idea….a friend of mine from church does freezer meals and for another friend who needed them, we gathered 6 of us ladies and worked in our church kitchen for literally 3 hours and had made an entire month of food for their freezer in that amount of time. She had all the recipes ready for us and had bought the ingredients. If I can get the recipes for you, would you like them and then you can gather friends and have your entire month done in just a matter of hours instead of days and days doing it by yourself???? If I lived closer we would just do them for you!!! : ) Let me know and I can get them from her, I’m sure, because everything is on her computer…even labels for the bags! : )
Thanks Angie – this is exactly what we are doing! I just didn’t really think about all the prep work that goes into that day before hand. I do have amazing friends who are showing up to help me on Thursday, but what I didn’t think about was the day(s) before. Shopping, cooking 22 lbs of ground beef, chopping all the chicken and the onions, labelling all the bags… Thank goodness I have a friend or two coming for that as well! I look so forward to it being done and having all those meals nicely tucked away in my freezer!!
Hee hee… you are adorable…. =D to funny…. golly i remember this all to well… funny how your mind goes everywhere…. hopefully this lag of the journey will be over just in time…. enough that you can get the majority of what is needed completed… but not enough that your sitting and “waiting” again… =) much love enjoy the insanity… alll apart of the joy… take lots of pics as you prepare, feel crazy and journal letters for Giselle to enjoy all the choas too, when she is older… xxx oooo talk to you sooon =D
Joni
Great idea to take pictures! Thanks, Joni. You always encourage me.
Oh, how I can relate to all this! I didn’t sleep for months and once he was finally with me, I finally could sleep again and everything didn’t matter anymore… nothing has to be perfect… you are ready for her to come home.
You’re right, Paige. All that matters is that we have some food, clothes and diapers. She will be fine. Thanks!
Oh Denise you made me laugh! And you made me feel normal…I can totally relate to what’s going on in you mind. My mind races on a good, “normal” day, but when we’re waiting for a child in runs out of control. lol! Rest assured it will all fall into place…it always does…and whatever doesn’t get done somehow sorts itself out. Blessings!
Thanks Marie! It’s been good for my husband to read comments like yours so he doesn’t think I’m nuts ;) You are right, it will all work out. I just have to rest in that…