It's Thursday. Thursday? How did that happen? It's been one of those weeks. You know, the week that does not go according to plan and just kind of takes on a life of its own? Yep, that's the kind of week it's been for me. This card took a combined total of 25 minutes to make over the span of 5 days. And now it's taken me 2 days to find time to post it. :)
The week started out on Monday, when after a night of little to no sleep between the twins, I grabbed Trevor to take him downstairs for another feeding. Somehow I tripped over my own feet and fell down a couple of stairs to the landing. Trevor was fine (actually giggling a little bit at the fun ride)... my toe... and ankle... and knee were less than fine (and NOT giggling at all). After a lot of waiting between calling the doctor's office, going to urgent care, getting x-rays, waiting for results, going to pharmacy, waiting, waiting to talk to pharmacist, finding out that the Dr. had prescribed a medication with codeine in it, which I'm allergic to and her office was now closed, I realized that somewhere along the way I had lost my iPhone. So home I went to check out my iPad find my phone app. Luckily the phone was recoverable. Hooray
No sleep for mama that night. One of the boys was up every hour and my foot was throbbing. In the morning I drug myself off the couch, fed the boys, readying myself to do a little work and... the power went out. And stayed out for 3.5 hours. Which was really upsetting to the boys, since their swings wouldn't swing and they REALLY wanted them to! Power was still out when it was time to leave for my haircut appointment and I had to pull the emergency cord on the garage door, then try to hop on my good leg while trying to pull the garage door (which has no handles) open and closed by myself in the wind and rain. I kept looking around hoping none of the neighbors were peeking out their windows staring at the crazy lady! LOL
Finally something went right and I love how my new color and style turned out. I felt so good about my new look (might have been the pain meds talking) I decided on the spur of the moment to walk in and get my nails done by some Vietnamese guy named Steven whom I had NO IDEA what he was saying. All I understood was, "gels good. you no wreck nails. you LOVE what Steven do for you." A very comical half hour passed as I received the second manicure of my life and listened to The Steven Show without understanding a word. {grin}
Home again to find out there's more drama with our vendor and our stamp order has been delayed... AGAIN. I'm beginning to think it's the plight of a crazy woman to attempt to run a business and take care of twins... even WITH a part time nanny. There's so much stuff at Verve that needs daily attention that I just can't give.
I know that every person has their own life struggles and battles and our own always seem so much larger than life. But it ain't easy being me right now. In fact, it's really, REALLY hard! I hate to sound all whiny... but it's true and I'm just being REAL. This twin thing is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. Each day is a struggle and the boys are relentless. R-E-L-E-N-T-L-E-S-S. I know, they look like such sweet little angels all happy and smiling for the camera, but it's behind the scenes that the "real" life happens. More often than not, It's the screaming fits and the blank expressions that fill the days.
Nobody said it would be easy, but they also didn't mention the times you'd be so tired and cranky and one twin is pooping in your hand because you started changing his diaper a little too soon and just realized the extra diapers are out in the garage. And the other twin is on the floor screaming, violently spewing sweet potato yak all over the carpet. And all you want to do is cry. Or maybe sleep... then cry. Nope, no one ever mentions those days when they're rambling on about the "miracle of life". But those are the "REAL" days.... (a little too real, and not very miraculous, if you ask me!). And Mark and I are dragging and tripping over each other and pacifiers and toys and stumbling by on the 2-3 hours of "real" broken sleep we're getting a night. The only miracle right now is if one of us gets 4 hours of sleep... in a row! So Verve HQ is anything but glamorous these days... although the boys often have a bit of sparkle on their face when Katrina takes a break from packing orders to help out with one of the twins. The glitter on that sparkly tissue paper just reaches out and grabs ya!!! {grin}
Anyhow, sorry I've rambled on and on and didn't even talk about the card. Just had a lot on my mind today, I guess. As you might have guessed from reading all that, I needed a little hope in card form, so I went with the
Hope Perches Plain Jane and paired it with the birdie from
With Love and played with some new punches, embossing folders and washi tape. Such a fun combo!
Thanks for "listening". Have a fantastic day.. may a little hope perch on your soul!
Stamps: Hope Perches Plain Jane,
With Love (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Curiosity (Authentique), Basic Gray (SU!), cream
Ink: Basic Gray (SU!)
Accessories: Knockouts border punch (American Crafts), sewing machine, washi tape, Chevron embossing folder (SU!)