Saturday, June 30, 2012

Brain? Come back, I need you.

I am sad.  I am sad that I am so tired this summer.  Aching bones, almost fall asleep while driving at 4pm, no ability to do anything but take care of children and work, tired.  Sad that I am boring, a lame, don't wanna do anything mama.  Hard to make anything happen, struggling to make any plans for anything, mama.
I knew something was twisted, not working right, when in the middle of a glorious sunny warm day, I wanted to die.  I wanted to no longer exist, I wanted to run far far away, I wanted to bury my head under the pillow and never move again.

Of course I don't, how can I.  I have three little faces looking at me, I have three bellies to fill, three people to hold and love and take care of.  I can't run, I can't die, I have to hold on, and muster through, even when I want to throw my hands up in the air and scream I AM DONE.  I have no MORE to give.  All my strength, all my creativity, all my ME, is GONE. 

There is always a little more to give, something always comes along that keeps me moving forward, or at least holding my ground.

Oh the guilt.  We mamas are so good at it.  I can create guilt out of anything.  And it is all for me, all things and reasons why I am not good enough.  How I am messing up.  All the things I should be doing better.
I have a piece of blank paper, on which I am supposed to write my goals, my absolute dream job and dream place.  I am too scared to write anything.  Ya, scared.  I move it around everyday, by my desk, on my bed, by the couch, on the front counter, today, when I get back from work, when I do the shopping, when everyone is in bed, when bathes are over, when I have a glass of wine, when I am less tired, when I have thought about it more....when, when, when?
Oh the power this paper seems to hold over me.  How am I so freaked out to simply think and write what I want the most?

I am tired, is an excuse that works only for a while, not forever.
Tired of being tired. 
Of not having the energy to even have a clear thought. 
Around and around, the whirlpool of my mind.

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