Jun 17 2008
Posted by Aggie under Life in the Suburbs
The Virtue of Patience
Life in the Suburbs
Day 1 - June 16, 2008 (night time)
I have yet to learn the virtue of patience.
I pray that I will have it.
Yesterday was a rough day. The princess was running a fever and was extra clingy and grumpy and the prince was asking for attention as well by being hyper and making fun of his extra grumpy sister. I think I snapped out of anger so many times that by 7PM I was ready to call it a night. I was mentally tired already.
The prince slept at 8PM surprisingly while the princess, with the calming effect of Calpol, was hyper until 11PM. I was so exhausted I wasnt able to do my stress release activity - scrapping.
I talked to the husband for 3:46 (I have a call summary feature on my phone). It’s hard for us because we are not texters nor talkers (ever since) so keeping in touch needs effort. I text him once a day, given we dont have any emergencies (money-wise usually), worth 3 messages (it’s long) and he calls (or I call) and we do the usual how are the kids routine. Maybe I need to be sweeter? (By the time I typed that out Im cringing already) - I guess maybe on my part Im expecting him to call and be the more active party - I have the kids, his FAMILY IS HERE - he should communicate with us all the time. Yet I forget that he is busy making a living, no matter how seemingly insignificant dining out with doctors are (ugh, I still have a long way to go to accept some things).
Communication is the key for all relationships to work.
Be patient. Communicate.
Action plans for today.
