Sunday issues...

I hate Sundays. Really. I've said it. Hate them.

Church starts at 11 am. This is a sucky time. Really sucky. We are never finished before 12, I'm not home until closer to 1. This throws our entire day off. Right now, it's 3:30 and Norah isn't napping. She's totally tired, but still awake and playing peekaboo with herself in her crib. Her nap is completely thrown off on a Sunday. Isaac is in his room having quiet time, but he's tired too and won't nap. We miss the nap window on Sundays. It sucks. Especially that Norah gets tired while we're at church, so is often cranky there. No fun.

Then there is the fact that I'm alone until around 4:30. Rob doesn't get back from St. Georges until then. So that doesn't help with getting the kids to nap - if he were home, we could juggle the girls to help them both sleep. Because the service at St. Georges is at 2, it's an even worse time for the kids. And if the drive were a touch longer it would be easier, because they could sleep on the way. As it is, they are almost asleep when we get there, or have just fallen asleep. But it's too cold to stay in the van and let them sleep these days. And don't even get me started on how challenging the service there can be, with nowhere to take them and no bathrooms.

To add to it all, tonight, Rob has the service at the Lodge to do at 6:30. And because nobody is napping, we probably won't be going. Which is a shame, because all the seniors really enjoy seeing the kids when we have gone along.

Then Rob gets home. He's tired and needs to decompress, and I just need his help to keep the kids out of my hair so I can cook dinner, feed the baby, and all that stuff.

I'm tempted to stop going to services on Sunday. But it's what we do. It's also one of the only things TO DO all week. I like to get out and maybe have a conversation with another adult. Isaac enjoys Sunday school, at least he doesn when there are other kids there. Sigh. I just wish there were an easy answer.

I want Rob to change the service times, but I know that it will be met with resistance. But you know what? For a church that wants to be a place for young families to go to, an 11 am service time stinks. I hope we can do something about it. It just stinks that the priest's family is having to suck it up in the meantime...