busy week, but still my mind is racing.....
"as it always will, my heads tired my heart aches-- i'm half a world away, here." thank you REM-- you say it so perfectly, again :)
i think the weather and the generally wintery-ness of this winter has put me in a little funk. it started with not seeing people as much as we're used to and then it continued with me slipping on things like cooking and cleaning. i was SO not the person that nested while the storm raged-- our diet went to seed, the house got beyond ridiculous. i didn't even knit very much. it was like a cymbalta commercial....it really wasn't pretty. (literally....the house wasn't "pretty" -- at all)
example: we had our traditional valentine's dessert like 5 days after valentine's day. i did manage strawberry pasta after lucy went to bed. i nearly forgot valentine's was happening. terrible!
still, more productive/active = less time in head = less anxiety. so i need to work on that. lucy and i were seranaded by a sweet little bird this morning...so even if i didn't "smile at the rising sun" (i went to bed to late and my own little bird was chirping at quarter past 6), that little bird was "singing a sweet song, a melody pure and true" and saying "every little thing is gonna be alright." i pointed the bird out to lucy who then tried to have a conversation with him-- she said HI!!! very loud and repeatedly and the smile was too much to stand! our house is transitioning to spring too-- a rainbow of easter baskets/eggs over the china hutch and violet dishes. it makes me feel lighter, these physical things.
so this week we are BUSY--
today: friends over for lunch. lucy may be napping the whole time, but this at least forced me into an actual grocery store (vs. primarily shopping at the ice cream dairy and trader joes) to pick up baby spinach and strawberries and pumpernickel bread and dill havarti and the like. it also forced me to scrub my floor and give the kitchen a scrub in general. clean kitchen = the happy.
tomorrow: miniroadtrip to frederick to meet brand new Nadia. not as brand new as she would be if we met her the first two times we tried, but still very wee. and seeing janice and drew. that will be so nice. i can't wait for it.
wednesday: not sure yet. mommy might not last that long. we haven't seen OG and amy in a while (thanks stupid winter sickness), so i think maybe we'd like to have them over. we'll see. need to call and check on OG.
thursday: springtime story series at the library.
friday: other janice and gwyn are coming to visit. we're not sure what we are doing yet. we are going to try and have tea. i REALLYREALLY can't wait for this, whatever we do. janice and gwyn are like big sisters i choose for myself. they love my little girl, but more importantly they love me and i love them. i'm certain there will be laughing.
so, a week full of good food (maybe part of wednesday will be roasting dan his chicken i bought) and friends. this is a cure for what ails, isn't it? i sure hope so...even if it's not, i won't know until next week-- i'm too busy!
i think the weather and the generally wintery-ness of this winter has put me in a little funk. it started with not seeing people as much as we're used to and then it continued with me slipping on things like cooking and cleaning. i was SO not the person that nested while the storm raged-- our diet went to seed, the house got beyond ridiculous. i didn't even knit very much. it was like a cymbalta commercial....it really wasn't pretty. (literally....the house wasn't "pretty" -- at all)
example: we had our traditional valentine's dessert like 5 days after valentine's day. i did manage strawberry pasta after lucy went to bed. i nearly forgot valentine's was happening. terrible!
still, more productive/active = less time in head = less anxiety. so i need to work on that. lucy and i were seranaded by a sweet little bird this morning...so even if i didn't "smile at the rising sun" (i went to bed to late and my own little bird was chirping at quarter past 6), that little bird was "singing a sweet song, a melody pure and true" and saying "every little thing is gonna be alright." i pointed the bird out to lucy who then tried to have a conversation with him-- she said HI!!! very loud and repeatedly and the smile was too much to stand! our house is transitioning to spring too-- a rainbow of easter baskets/eggs over the china hutch and violet dishes. it makes me feel lighter, these physical things.
so this week we are BUSY--
today: friends over for lunch. lucy may be napping the whole time, but this at least forced me into an actual grocery store (vs. primarily shopping at the ice cream dairy and trader joes) to pick up baby spinach and strawberries and pumpernickel bread and dill havarti and the like. it also forced me to scrub my floor and give the kitchen a scrub in general. clean kitchen = the happy.
tomorrow: miniroadtrip to frederick to meet brand new Nadia. not as brand new as she would be if we met her the first two times we tried, but still very wee. and seeing janice and drew. that will be so nice. i can't wait for it.
wednesday: not sure yet. mommy might not last that long. we haven't seen OG and amy in a while (thanks stupid winter sickness), so i think maybe we'd like to have them over. we'll see. need to call and check on OG.
thursday: springtime story series at the library.
friday: other janice and gwyn are coming to visit. we're not sure what we are doing yet. we are going to try and have tea. i REALLYREALLY can't wait for this, whatever we do. janice and gwyn are like big sisters i choose for myself. they love my little girl, but more importantly they love me and i love them. i'm certain there will be laughing.
so, a week full of good food (maybe part of wednesday will be roasting dan his chicken i bought) and friends. this is a cure for what ails, isn't it? i sure hope so...even if it's not, i won't know until next week-- i'm too busy!