Getting it done

So, I have experienced a real change in my life. Some of you may think of me as:

Elizabeth

- always has thirty things on the go

-always early wherever she arrives

-always has a to-do list going with 50% of the things crossed off

-always completes her to-do list in two days (max)

-loves to stay up late and get up early

-clean freak

-loves to spend time in the outdoors

-capable of finishing a really long book in a day

-efficient and effective

Since the birth of my son and the purchase of my home, I have become:

Elizabeth
- always has thirty-thousand things on the go
-always late wherever she arrives
-always has a to-do list going with 10% of the things crossed off
-Can't complete her to-do list
-doesn't like to stay up late nor get up early
-clean freak, plagued by dishes, laundry, vacuuming, boxes to unpack, creased curtains, garbage, compost, recycling, plants, meals, more dishes... the list goes on
-loves to spend time in the outdoors, but can't seem to get out there
-incapable of finishing a really long book at all

-inefficient and ineffective (although I have my moments)

Seriously, annoying! I love being a mom and I love having a house, but I can now fill two sides of an 8.5 x 11 piece of paper with the jobs that I have to do and I only finish three or four of them (and, yes, I do cheat and write down every little itty bitty thing like "take a shower" and "feed Hunter").

Case in point... I still have not delivered (or mailed) all of my "Christmas" letters. I still have not delievered (or mailed) all of my Hunter's-birth-gift Thank yous Seven Months Later...

Sometimes I feel like, as a parent, I am a whole different person, incapable of doing the simplest things.... Does anyone else ever feel that way? It's terrible. And, it makes me feel terrible. But, I just make myself feel better by snuggling and feeding my boy, the sweetest kid ever. Sigh, I am going to go do that, right now.