End of Summer Sale + Personal Updates

I’m not a huge fan of summer. My body is the kind that just doesn’t like the heat. I turn tomato red. I sweat. I get grumpy. It’s not my favourite.

So, I’m not one of those people who mourn the symbolic end of summer and start of the school year in early September (for us in Ontario anyway). It’s time to get back into routines, earlier bedtimes, cooler weather and cozier clothes.

This year feels especially pertinent. School and Daycare shut down at the beginning of April. We had 3 months of home school, and just returned to some daycare hours for my littlest over the last few weeks.

Lila also just got the go-ahead to sleep ALL night without having to wake to be fed. If you’re new to my blog, Lila has VLCAD, a metabolic disorder that requires frequent feeding and a low-fat diet to prevent her from going into metabolic crisis, a potentially life-threatening event. Although she is now able to sleep all night, we have to undo 2 years of her being used to be woken up to be fed. Still, I’ve been fairly consistently (except for the last 2 weeks which have been bad) getting about 5-6 solid hours of sleep a night. It has made a world of difference in my mental clarity. I still have a long way to go to make up for the lack of sleep I’ve gotten over the past 2+ years, but I’m getting there. I no longer have an alarm set for 2am, and that feels great.

I had been feeling so overwhelmed by work tasks and even just replying to an email was so anxiety inducing. I honestly had been considering closing the doors to Ohhh Lulu because it all felt so overwhelming to pick back up again. Being able to have even just a couple days of a break from parenting with daycare, and a little more sleep has really cleared my mind. I can reply to emails, I can communicate clearly (mostly), I can make plans and think ahead. It is crazy how badly a lack of sleep can really affect your ability to function. I still don’t feel like I’m at my peak, but I feel like I can manage now.

My Summer Spin the Wheel Sale really got me motivated again. It was fun to have something to look forward to, and now I’m looking forward to sewing more lingerie for you and finishing up a bunch of new patterns, including some I had let slip prior to going on maternity leave.

I’m running a final End of Summer sale in both my sewing pattern and lingerie shop from Friday, September 3rd to Monday September 6th. No coupon is needed on Etsy, but if you are shopping here, use coupon code ENDOFSUMMER for 20% off.

Click Here to Shop Made to Order Lingerie, Sleep Masks & Silk Scrunches.

Click Here to view my Etsy Sewing Pattern Shop.

Thanks for sticking with me everyone.