Aaahhhh!

The new nanny (Donna) is here right now.

My natural tendancy is to feel flustered and rushed... Especially because I have a zillion things I want to do... plus I'm not even as organised as I inteded to be before she arrived. I had wanted to have the house in some order, and have a little folder with all the neccessary info (contact details, routines, instructions, activity suggestions, etc) ready and organised to give her... but that hasn't happened yet - I will try and get it completed whilst she is here.

In reality, the house was a mess and I hadn't even showered when she arrived.

Tilly started handing books to Donna and showing her all her toys, when I tackled my first agenda of hopping in the shower. Donna said with a smile: "Enjoy a long shower" - and I thought: Yay! I can!!

Now as my mind is swimming trying to think of which task and chore to do first - I am thinking: stuff it! Just enjoy having a lovely cup-of-tea... Do whatever I want, in whatever order suits me... and just RELAX. I really am such an overloaded/control-freak/stress-head most of the time who tries to do way too much - and make it look as though it's easy.

Donna is here to help me - and the best thing I can possibly do for myself is learn to SLOW DOWN and take things at a much more casual pace. Life is not a race.

If all I do is lie down for a nap and listen to my children happily playing and laughing outside - that is probably better than trying to do too many chores and feeling more worn out than ever..

Yay for Donna. Yay for the 'baby-bonus' that is paying for her at the moment! And yay to me, for realising that I really have to change the way I operate :)