All The Things

Here is an inexhaustive list of things that B would like to do:

• quit school to open a business
• open a bakery
• make candy
• be a pet sitter
• build a pet park
• make dinner
• go to mini camp
• leave mini camp within an hour of arrival
• put up his Christmas tree
• get a pet - a bearded dragon or guinea pig
• text family and friends
• talk endlessly about these things
• accept no help

As I said, this list is not exhaustive but I am exhausted.  Also, I'm irritated.  I'm out of margin for his plans. 

And I hate that. 

I love being B's momma.  But I can't keep up. I don't want him to stop having big ideas and dreams. I don't want to squelch his spirit.  How do I avoid that without exhausting myself? 

I try to balance it out. Sometimes I say 'yes' even when I know it's going to be a mess.  Sometimes I tell him we'll talk about it later.  He's getting wise to that though.  I try to explain that there are just some rules you can't break, like quitting school in 3rd grade. 

So, I guess I'll go to bed early, again tonight (thank you Ryan) and get it up and do it all again tomorrow.