Staycation!

Today is my last day of a mini staycation. The first few days were filled with some fun and activities for Emme including the pool, some friends time and a trip to Skyzone trampoline park for some jumping and flipping. Last night Jason and I had dinner at Outback and enjoyed some steak and crabs and a totally sinful desert.  Today is all about the yard and home and feeling productive.  I may make it to the pool for some me time or I may not. Emme is with her dad at the beach so she is taken care of, Jason is off to work and so it really is all about me and whatever I want to do today 😄  I don't get a lot of that and for a while so much alone time would have been a chore - but today, as I sit here sweating like a pig after mowing the lawn, I view it as wide open opportunity to think about only me and my needs.  I may need another cup of coffee or a run to Whole Foods or some sunning myself at the pool with a good book. As much as I love my kids and family I am finally discovering ways that I love myself, too, and that's a pretty great state of being I think.

This is Me

I was reading through some of my blog today and it made me smile. I cannot believe my baby is getting so grown up. The world keeps spinning.  Sometimes I wish it would just stop and sometimes I'm glad it keeps going whether I am holding on or not, I am happy for the constant that is the fact that all things change. 

I'm happy with my life. I am happy with the parent I am and the woman I have been growing into.  My house is filled with pets and love and now and again I am reminded that I'm doing it - even on days when I still feel like my world keeps falling apart I remind myself that I just have to pick up the pieces and keep going.