On to something lighter: I’m currently obsessed with clothes. If you saw my wardrobe you might be surprised to learn this fact, but it’s true. I love reading about clothes, and building a wardrobe, and decluttering a wardrobe, and essential clothes to own, and on and on. Some of my thoughts on clothes: The way …
Today I had the pleasure of learning what life feels like when, far from spreading the peace, you actually turn people against you. Baby had gone down for a nap and I raced out of the house to get some errands done. With work days long and weekends full, it’s been hard to get to …
Today was a great opportunity to choose to dial it down, back and under rather than push ahead. I’ve been leaning towards get-it-done productivity of late and while it brings positives (cleaner house, advances in my writing) it also can take me out of the present moment. Wait … have I written about this before? …
My first real snow day of the year and it was magnificent! Not at all what I’m used to, but a delightful new normal. First, I now heartily endorse going to bed early with baby. I slept well, she slept well, and I woke up a bit before 7 rested and ready to go (incidentally, …
Tonight I’m dreaming of an early bedtime. The week has felt long and full, and baby was up a lot last night. We got home after 6, it’s almost 8 and we just finished dinner. Husband will bathe her as I get ready for bed and then I’m dreaming of nursing her to sleep and …
Including today, I have (had) 8 more days of work until winter break. Fewer than 8 days, in fact, to get done a large amount of work. Today at work I had to video-tape a presentation that was part of a lecture series my office sponsors. This proved to take lot more time than anticipated. …
I joined a writer’s group today. The university sponsors a variety of groups including “write a journal article in 12 weeks”. This title inspired me a couple of weeks ago and on a whim I wrote to ask if there was still room in the workshop. I assumed it wouldn’t be for someone like me. …
I bathed baby at 8. It took her until 10 to fall asleep. Why so long? Mainly because she was still hungry. I gave her the milk I pumped today but it wasn’t even 3 oz. And for the past 48 hours she’s been refusing any other milk: cow’s milk, goat’s milk, the formula we …
Other items recently leaving our home: Ironing board (let’s get real, okay? I don’t iron. Though we still do have the iron … for sewing projects!) Plastic food containers. Lots. Not-loved stuffed toy List of daily schedule with baby. I learned I’m not a baby scheduler. Book I finished reading last night: Dixieland Sushi More …
Today is the Birth of Baha’u’llah, an important Baha’i holy day. I’m always glad for these pauses in the calendar to reflect and step out of the busyness of regular life. Last night we all went to the holy day celebration, the first Baha’i event I’ve been to in a while. It was really good …