Today has been full of me feeling like I must be making the right choices in life.  After spending a fair chunk of April feeling like I'd been hit by an emotional freight train and really just wanting to sleep until it got better, Thank You Very Much, it feels unbelievably, indescribably good to just feel good in my totally awesome, amazing, ( Read more... )

I've been noticing over the last year or more that spending time with small children, despite the chaos that often seems to emanate from them like a heat wave, is often very grounding and, weirdly, soothing for me. Though I am often tired after spending a day babysitting, it is a tiredness much like I experience after a day of intense and ( Read more... )

Toddlers are very busy people.

My last week or so has consisted largely of days where I have things scheduled for a full twelve or more hours in the day. Some of these things are leisure activities--dinners with friends, for example--but it does lead to me feeling that I have, generally speaking, a lot going on.

I have nothing on your average ( Read more... )