i think it is worth it!

So today I was thinking about how good it feels to accomplish. I got Ashlyn off for school and I even helped her get her whole “job chart” done before she left. I changed my sheets and started a load of laundry. I took Jane on a walk /jog along with Alex riding his bike for just over 2 ½ miles and then let them play at the park. I swept out (part of) the garage and replanted a couple of my bulbs. Alex started his own job chart and I helped him with some educational games on the computer while I was folding some laundry. Then it was time to make lunch and I promptly got Alex off for kindergarten since it was early day. He rode his scooter while I pushed Jane the ½ mile each way to and from the school (that’s 3 ½ miles all together). Finally, I made my own lunch and sat to read a little out of the paper. I got Jane down for a nap and was about to fall asleep myself, when my neighbor called and asked if I could watch her kids for 45 min. I gave them a snack while I scrubbed toilets, then played with them for a while (most of the time the 1 year old cried - tired I think). Right when my neighbor came to pick them up, my own kids stepped through the door (early day). After snacks and talking about their day (Ashlyn played with new friends on the playground “MacKenzie and Hailey”, and Alex played with “the two Tylers” again) we focused on finishing Alex’s jobs and going through backpacks. I finished the bathrooms by cleaning sinks mirrors and counter tops and even cleaned the inside and outside of the two side light windows in my entry. I scrubbed our bathtub and mopped the floor, and vacuumed and dusted the whole level including most floor boards and doors. Finally it was time to start dinner. We had chicken tacos (Ben couldn’t get home until 6:30, so we ate without him around 5:30). Time for homework. Alex had a few pages in a workbook to color and write on, Ashlyn had some cutting and pasting along with two questions to answer. They went up to watch TV, and suddenly I felt tired (imagine that). I sat down to watch a previously recorded show and got about 20 minutes into it when Ben walks in. I feel so tired and “done” I didn’t even get up. After the shows we all sat in the family room for a few minutes and talked. Ben got to catch up on the school news and expressed his want to read a chapter book as a family like Harry Potter or something. Then he was off helping a friend with something on his house. For the rest of the night I am pretty spent.
So knowing my health has not been up to par and the pregnancy is already slowing me down, my question to myself is, “Is it worth it to accomplish and feel drained the rest of the night or should I have taken it easy and just kept feeling bad about all the things I should have done?”

I think it’s worth it!

p.s. This is not a typical day, so I am not bragging, merely stating that on these rare occasions I can actually recall what I did during the day and feel good about it, it is indeed worth noting!