I apologize. I have been remiss in my updates, but with good reason: holiday travels, a series of meetings, playing nurse to a husband and son who were feeling a little under-the-weather, and most importantly a babysitter on winter break from college! All of which has me out of my "usual" habits and re-evaluating how to spend my so-called free time.
We had a busy holiday season visiting family and seeing a few friends at the Outback Bowl in FL. The trip (I call them trips now and not vacations because they certainly aren't restful!) was fun and exhausting. When we returned to MD, I decided to hole up for a while and recharge. When I was revved up and ready to go I finally reached out to my friends in the area and am now back on the play date and lunch date circuit. Jonah and I have been running around the metro area catching up with both of our friends from near and far and have been having a blast seeing everyone!
Luckily, my dearest husband has been home more these last few weeks and I've been able to better balance a few minutes each day to do some usual "me" activities like showering and working out. :-) Which means I am having to re-evaluate how to spend my weekly afternoons off (aka babysitter Wednesdays which are back in full swing now that American University's winter break is over - phew!)... I am almost done with the requisite errand running and doctor appointments and have found myself wandering aimlessly through stores looking for things to buy and not finding anything I can justify spending the money on! Then I remembered this blog... my own personal mommy-therapy. So today, I came home a little early and managed to sneak into the office without being seen by Jonah.
I'm finding that I do spend countless hours thinking about what to write on here, but then by the time I finally get to sit down at the computer with 15 minutes or more to focus I seem to have lost all those ideas. I think I need to start a "blog" to keep up with my blogging! It's amazing how much my mind wanders more now than it did before I had a baby. Perhaps my next entry will be a stream of consciousness note... wouldn't that be insightful! That's it, I'm going to pull out an old blank journal and make use of it to keep track of my thoughts for my mommy-life-crisis therapy/blog sessions. Finally, a New Year's resolution I can keep up with! (I hope!)
With sincere gratitude for your patience,
Laura
