I’ve been having a difficult time concentrating lately. I don’t know completely why – but I can’t seem to focus even so much as to write a review post. I have a stack of reviews needing to be written, and yet I can’t even seem to find the words to begin one. This isn’t like me – I love writing, but…

I am tired.

Abby is having a rough summer – it seems that every summer gets just a little bit worse for her, and I am either too clueless or too tired to figure out how to help her.

My house is full of clutter and yet all I can manage to do when I look around, is to promise myself that I will deal with it all at some point. When that will be, I have no idea.

The yard is full of weeds that I can’t keep up with pulling, and I’m just thankful that our neighbor’s son offered to mow the front and side for us, because it was looking quite horrible there for a week or two.

Ron is tired and grumpy because Abby is tired and grumpy and he’s not getting any kind of a break when he gets home at night.

I’m not terribly sympathetic, even though I know I should be.

The girls have been fighting like crazy (tired and grumpy, anyone?) when they’re not whining or running around like maniacs. I know they need more structure during these summer days, but I can’t seem to bring myself to keep to a schedule even though I KNOW we should.

I shouldn’t complain. I know that. These are minor things to be worrying about in the scheme of things. But somehow when I’m tired like this, every little thing seems magnified.

So I guess what I need to tackle today is my attitude. And finding a way to get more sleep. Which, I think is going to have to mean postponing writing any reviews at least one more day because at 1am, sleep has to be the priority here.

And after that I need to tackle calling doctors to schedule or reschedule appointments for Abby and myself, talk to our pediatrician about what to try next medication-wise with Abby (if anything), call and apologize to Abby’s psychologist for missing her appointment last week, attempt to find Hannah’s bike helmet which seems to have disappeared last week, leaving her to have to watch longingly when all of the other kids are out riding scooters and bikes, and try and figure out a way to get Abby to sleep in her own bed again. Or at least to fall asleep before 1am. Because I think at this point I’m actually getting more sleep than she is. Which is a horribly scary thought.

Because I know that if I am this tired, she’s got to be downright exhausted.

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