Hungry?

This time last week I was sipping Chinese beer {well actually it was Japanese beer}, in the back streets of Shanghai.

We packed so much into a short trip, I really underestimated how tired I would be upon our return.

Actually tired doesn't really describe it. I have not felt this tired since my 38hr labour to give birth to my over 10lb son almost 8 yrs ago ;)

I suspect it wasn't just the trip though...since I have returned, I have not been my Sunny self.

I have been tired, cranky and even started getting strange things happening with my heart. Because of this, I have spent the last 24 hrs hooked up to a monitoring device that resembled my yellow sony sports walkman circa 1990! Only it wasn't yellow and I couldn't listen to Bobby Brown on it ;)

This little machine took note of all the double beats {of me not Bobby Browm} and will let the doctor know what is going on.

As I sit here tonight though, I think I know what has been going on...

I'm hungry and its not for food :(

I'm hungry for rest and some 'me' time.

I am sure many of you can relate to this? Most mums feel this way sometimes....even all of the time :(

However, not me...Not Sunny Mummy.

She looks after herself, she rests, she recharges...she walks the talk, or does she?

I used to :(
I really did...

I have always kept it real on here with you guys and this blog actually started as a way for me to document my journey to becoming a Sunny Mummy.

This post is more about staying one!

I LOVE that I am, as Julie Parker from Beautiful You tweeted a few weeks ago "Helping Mummies believe their Sunniness is more important than their Yumminess".

I LOVE inspiring Mummies to be Sunny and more organised.

I LOVE being Sunny and Organised.... but this week, I am the plumber with the leaking tap, the dentist with the bad breath, the..OK you get the idea.

My house is a MESS and my own schedule is slowly disappearing as I try to fit everything in...

Sound familiar?

I am trying to have it all, all at once...{Que Dr Phil 'Hows that workin for ya?"}

So, what switched the light bulb on for me tonight? My kiddies of course!

Tonight, after a day of getting quite cranky over silly things with my family, I decided to have a nice hot bath {eat toblerone in there}, to escape the kids, I told myself.

ON my way to the bathroom, my kiddies called me "Mum, we have something for you!"

This is what they had drawn...



"Its a LANGEL" they told me excitedly.

An angel of love, just like you!

WHAT? I was NOT a sunny mummy today and you think I am a LANGEL?

Suddenly it hit me like a laptop in the face...

I am getting so busy feeding others the sunshine, that I forgot about me and my family :(

I am dishing up the food, being so generous with the servings for others, that I forgot to serve myself...and now I am hungry.

What's worse...I think my family are eating the leftovers...

So I wrote myself a little note:

Dear Langel ;)

You are extremely passionate about helping mothers ENJOY, rather than ENDURE motherhood, and for that you should be proud.

Do you realise you can help even more, if YOU GIVE YOURSELF permission to take the pressure {that YOU have placed on yourself}...OFF?

The world will not stop turning if an email is left unanswered and Rome was not built in a day {isn't that because I wasn't the foreman, I ask?}.

You pride yourself on keeping it real...So lets be REAL.

Its time you realised you are but ONE woman, spreading a positive message to motherhood. You can't do that if you don't 'walk the talk' and look after yourself first.

THIS is EXACTLY what Sunny Mummy is all about...

Your family needs you, you've come off track, now get back on :)

Keep Shining x

Now some may read this and think it is not a very sunny post.

I think it is quite the opposite....this is a VERY SUNNY post.

It's a Sunny post because Sunny Mummies keep it REAL, recognise and admit when they are getting off track.

I am writing this post so you KNOW that I can and do go off track.

So where to now?

Well for starters, I won't be replying to emails as planned tomorrow...

I am going to sleep in, make pancakes with my kiddies for breakfast and leave the housework for Monday. We're going to head out into the sunshine and enjoy being together. We'll be LANGEL'S to one another.

Come Monday, I'll be re-working my schedule and sticking to it.

I'll also be installing 'auto responder' on my email :)

Oh and as soon as I can afford it, I may even get an ironing lady...

You don't have to do your own ironing to be a Sunny Mummy do you????

Nah, of course not ;)

Keep Shining!

Stace x