Now that Christmas is over.

Dec. 26

With Christmas over I fear that my motivation will drop and the real withdrawal will set in. There's the after Christmas clean up, and catch up, and there's the newsletter that I was too involved in my computer addiction to write before Christmas.  But I find my self wondering whether once I've checked these things off my list I will experience the real withdrawal that thus far I've been too busy to notice.  I've already made some minor changes to my daily routine with my children and with my chores.  I now spend a good half hour before bedtime singing songs, playing, and reading books with the children, where before I wanted the bedtime routine to be as short as possible so I could get back to wasting time doing the things I wanted to do.  I've found it easier to make my husband's lunch before I put the kids to bed, so that when they go to bed I can too.  I used to spend so much time on the computer that I would forget till after they were in bed and I'd be worn out but still need to get it done.  I can work so much faster when I'm not half asleep.

Dec. 27

So yesterday I started out the day good with taking out the trash from all the wrapping and boxes, and also the kitchen trash, getting caught up on the dishes, and I did some tidying but before I got around to vacuuming and the laundry my husband was feeling sick and called in to work.  So I did a quick grocery run to get the foods he felt like eating that would help him to not be so nauseous.  Whenever he's sick he'll get to the point that he doesn't want to lay in bed any more, but doesn't feel like actually doing anything so we end up sitting and watching TV the rest of the day.  Honestly when not at work my husband is addicted to TV.  I never know how to tell him that I really should be getting the laundry and dishes done instead.  So while I started out good with an empty sink and every intention to vacuum and do laundry I ended up with a full sink and the other chores not touched at all.  I enjoy spending the time with my husband but at the end I always feel guilty.  Hopefully today will go better than yesterday.  He is still sick and staying home, so it's going to take a lot of discipline to stay productive and come up with good things for him to do when he's tired of sleeping.  Does anyone else have this problem when your husband is home sick?