Its been a long couple of weeks, and by this morning I was not in a very good mood. Actually, I was a downright grump this morning.
But yesterday, on a bit of a whim, we did some rearranging. At the top of the stairs in this house is a large common area of sorts--bigger than most bedrooms, smaller than most living rooms--that, since we moved in, has served as our "bedroom", because we were pretty sure that it was the only place our big king-sized bed would fit. There were two bedrooms off to one side, and one "bedroom" (which was awkwardly designed, had pipes and hook ups all over, and was attached to the main bathroom, so it serves as our laundry room/communal closet) off to the other side, and so there were constantly kids in or moving through our "bedroom". So, we dismantled one set of bunk beds and moved the girls into the big open space (giving everyone much more room to play upstairs), and moved our bed into their bedroom. There's not much room around the bed in any direction, but it fits. And we can close the door.
So this afternoon after church, we did. We closed the door, and talked for nearly 4 hours with (almost) no interruption. The kids played happily on the other side of the door, or downstairs, but we actually could shut the door and have some time to ourselves.
I think I may have found the key to feeling sane in this house. I just wish we'd done it sooner.
But yesterday, on a bit of a whim, we did some rearranging. At the top of the stairs in this house is a large common area of sorts--bigger than most bedrooms, smaller than most living rooms--that, since we moved in, has served as our "bedroom", because we were pretty sure that it was the only place our big king-sized bed would fit. There were two bedrooms off to one side, and one "bedroom" (which was awkwardly designed, had pipes and hook ups all over, and was attached to the main bathroom, so it serves as our laundry room/communal closet) off to the other side, and so there were constantly kids in or moving through our "bedroom". So, we dismantled one set of bunk beds and moved the girls into the big open space (giving everyone much more room to play upstairs), and moved our bed into their bedroom. There's not much room around the bed in any direction, but it fits. And we can close the door.
So this afternoon after church, we did. We closed the door, and talked for nearly 4 hours with (almost) no interruption. The kids played happily on the other side of the door, or downstairs, but we actually could shut the door and have some time to ourselves.
I think I may have found the key to feeling sane in this house. I just wish we'd done it sooner.
1 comment:
I'm kinda wondering myself! I don't know how you lived in that big communal room as long as you did! It would have driven me crazy!
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