Day 2 was much better than day 1! I successfully woke up at 6:30 am, but not sure I really got a great night's sleep. I went to bed at 10:00, which was good, but about 2:00 am again I kept waking up over and over again wondering how close it was to 6:30. We'll see how I feel later today.
I spent 6:30 to 7:00 exercising and then took a shower to start getting ready for my day. I still didn't have time to make the kids breakfast though, so they ate cereal again. Time to get some pancakes and muffins in the freezer. I guess I could get up before 6:30, but I think I'll get good at getting up at 6:30 before I try and get up any earlier. I'm all for baby steps when doing new things instead of trying too much, because I fail every time I try to do too much at once.
I'm thinking back about our day yesterday and I can't recall any yelling, though that doesn't mean there wasn't any, I could just not be remembering. Even though it was Sunday I had our kids do a few chores because there bedrooms and our basement were destroyed and I didn't want to start the week with everything so messy. But, instead of constantly yelling at them to "hurry up and get it done" and "quit screwing around," etc, I went downstairs with them and helped with the cleaning. I made sure to not do a ton so that they could just lay back and do nothing, but I helped and I think it made things go much smoother. Chores were done fairly quickly and there wasn't as much whining as usual.
I think I'm more self conscious of what I say and how I act knowing that I plan on writing it all down for the world to see. Hopefully I'll eventually get to the point where I'm just a good mom because and not because I don't want to have to share what terrible things I've done. Either way, I'm sure my kids will be happier when I get really good at yelling less and become a more positive mom.
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