Happy September y’all!
Fall is just around the corner with pumpkin spice and everything nice. September means a lot of things here in Oklahoma, it means Friday night lights, festivals with family, and all-around fall feel goods. September is also a time for Awareness. I know I have touched on this before and honestly, it’s something that I will continue to talk about. I am sorry if it makes people uncomfortable, sometimes we have to be uncomfortable. September is Suicide Awareness, and the suicide rate for Oklahoma is close to 24 per 10,000 and friends that’s too high. The Adolescent rate is heartbreaking, 15-19 per 100,000. With 4% attempted and 14% having serious thoughts. I know seeing these numbers a person can think this doesn’t affect me right now, and it doesn’t until it does and then it is too late to act. Join Oklahoma’s Choice Weekly in a month-long campaign for Awareness. Tribute pages have been created on their website and app where you can honor your loved ones or submit a story of survival. Together we can break the silence and create a place of hope and resources. If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts, please Call 988. They are there to listen. And remember Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind, always.
On to organizing and cleaning.
This school year has already given me an important lesson in paperwork. My youngest has started middle school, in Cushing is 5th grade. In the past we have had issues with the middle school here but, new year, different child, give grace and start fresh. Well, sort of. The first few weeks you are filling out paperwork and signing so many papers. You forget what you have signed or agreed too. To avoid misunderstandings, I started a 5th grade folder. I made copies of everything we signed, every email, every syllabus too. It has been handy if something gets lost or we need a refresher, we pull out and there it is, in black and white. So, Document everything, screenshots are forever my friends. As adults it is important for children to see us act right, even when it is really hard. If you are wrong or something slipped by you, admit it, apologize and move on. We wouldn’t want children to think adults don’t have to apologize, now would we?
With kids in sports, events, how is anyone supposed to keep up with all the housework? I know it can seem impossible. I will admit this is a busy season of life and I have fallen behind. I am writing this right before publish date, so I promise I am right there with you. Here are some things I am doing that are helping me keep everything together and going. First, I got a little notebook that fits in my bag, and to keep on my nightstand, so I can write things down when I think of it. My lists have come in clutch here. I started a list for each thing, for example a work list, crafts list, things the kids need me to do, store list etc. If I am worried, I will forget about something important I set an alarm on my phone with a note, it gets me back on track. Getting behind on some things I don’t feel like are a big deal, everyone has something that as long as it is done they don’t feel like they are failing. Laundry is that for me, I prefer everything to be folded and put away but somedays as long as everyone has clean clothes I’m counting it as a win. I have been taking a few minutes before bed to pretreat spots, because little boys are messy. I can start a laundry load in the morning before anything else. It might not make it into the dryer right away, at least by dinner its made its way to the dryer and that’s all that matters.
Join me next month, we will talk small kitchen appliances. Especially with electric cauldron season fast approaching, you get what I did there? I think before it gets to chili, we should go over crockpot do’s, don’ts and oh no is that safe?
Happy Cleaning!
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