The week past rather uneventful. We got into the groove of work and school with little more than the pangs of restlessness as our usual groove has been that we were out doing something noteworthy at least once a week for several months now. I supposed the only thing we noticed was the restlessness this week. And I apologize for the late post (it’s Friday not Thursday).
Since we realized the restlessness settling in most yesterday, we changed up our schedule and took to a restaurant close by for dinner. It wasn’t anything fancy. We needed the change in the atmosphere. Our kids were happy to be there and the calm came back after that.
As we’re into Autumn, we are aware that not only the weather changes. Our outlooks on things, sleep, eating and moods change. Our sleep is broken or longer, we want more comforting foods that are hot, prepared in the oven or crock pot and more time spent on meals. An unexplainable restlessness or anxiety sets in. It could be the anticipation of the longer nights and less sunlight. Albeit that anticipation may be a good thing or a bad thing depending on the day. The anxiety stems the same. So how do we smooth the bad days? How do you?
This year is different than any other year. We are not waking to ready the kids off to school. There is no timer hanging over our heads to ensure that the kids get to school on time. We work from home and now, they school from home too. It’s not an easy undertaking. It’s not without its challenges. But the check ins on how each of us are feeling and all the extra hugs and cuddles help. But noticeably, the weekly outing somewhere (anywhere) helps.
Both kids have plenty of opportunity to reach out and communicate with their friends and family and see a couple. It’s hard these days to have the play dates and gatherings thanks to COVID measures. It is harder for our social wonder to accept this at times. She does her best to be understanding yet freely expresses her disdain with all the adults imposing these rules. As does our son however, since he is a little older, he has a bit more patience and has been very empathetic towards his little sister and others. Even with everything changing (the routine annual changes and COVID stuff), I think the key (for us anyways) is to tune out the noise and simply enjoy the moments we have together.