Holy Moly. Where did the year go? I had every intention of blogging in 2023, and it hasn’t really happened yet!
Instead of trying to catch up on everything that happened the last many months, let me ease back into this by just rambling about my current thoughts.
School starts in 2 days (well 1 for me and my job with the kids that I work work), but as for the majority of my family, school starts in 2 days. Where did this summer even go? It was full of life, that’s for sure. Baseballs games, lake trips, a big family vacation, day trips, movies, an uncleaned house… you name it. It was a good one. But boy, oh boy, do the days continue to move faster than they ever have.
So how did I got about finding peace this summer? Well there’s the water, of course. I’m a true pisces. I don’t know if I believe in that stuff (I don’t not believe in that stuff, either), but I do believe that I am a much better person when I’m in, around, or by the water. But I kind of had a revelation this summer. I am so regimented. Routine keeps everything in order, right? Well, I let go of that a bit. I didn’t stress over the minutes of the day and I just kind of let them happen. It’s so super stressful keeping everyone’s schedules and doing the minute math of making sure everything happens and everyone is on time (or 10 minutes early… the REAL on time). So when we could take a breath, we did. The house was messier than I’d like it, but in reality, it’s always messier than I’d like it to be. I’m consciously just trying to stop being so Type A, because if having a kid entering high school this year isn’t enough to remind you how fast time is slipping through your fingers, I don’t know what is!
OH. How could I have waited until now to introduce Lily?! Here’s what’s been waking me up at 4:45 all summer, our sweet and crazy English Golden Retriever.
Isn’t she beautiful?! She’s now about triple this size and full of all of the energy, but she’s so great. I love walking/running with her and I think she’s going to give me more excuses to do so! Couple that with the power cage(?!) that we bought for the basement, I should be in fighting shape in no time! (Right, right?! Like I figure out how to use it and then add 3-4 more hours to the day??)
Anyway… I’d like to say that I’m going to be better about posting. I think about it all of the time. And then feel like a failure because I can’t make the time to do what I set out (and really really enjoy doing!!) to do. But I’m done being so hard on myself. That’s another thing I’ve been working on this year. Maybe more on that later!
