Mindful Monday: PTSD

We're four days into this most bizarre Arctic weather phenomenon with the prospect of several more to go, and if it were any other year, I'd be enjoying this great moving watching, snuggle up with a good book and stay in your comfy jammie weather. 

However, just coming off 2020, the PTSD is real. The kicker this time around is that not only can we not go anywhere because the roads aren't safe, we can't even go outside, as it's simply too cold. Being cooped up at home is hard enough, but being cooped up at home while your whole life happens under one roof may just be my tipping point. 

With this Arctic blast, we are being asked to work virtual from home, my son's school has converted to virtual learning through Thursday in an attempt to wait out the weather, and of course, daycare is closed, so my 2 year old is also home. Meanwhile, my husband is trying to work from home among all the chaos.

The stress of it all, trying to keep it all together, trying to keep it all going, it's just too much. I share this with you hoping that if you, too, find yourself at your limit, know that you are not alone. I find myself longing for the days when a bad weather day was just an unexpected day off to spend with your family, not an unexpected day where all aspects of your life have to happen under one roof simultaneously. The overwhelming exhaustion is real! 

Hang in there and stay warm!