Relaxation/ Rest/ Regroup/ Me-Time
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Morning Reset After Being Sick
David was off last yesterday and I must tell you yesterday felt like a real turning point. After being sick last week, I finally got back to moving again. It wasn’t anything extreme—just over an hour of walking and a little over 5,000 steps—but it meant a lot more than the numbers show. When you’ve been out of routine because your body just isn’t cooperating, even basic movement feels different. You don’t realize how much you rely on that everyday energy until it’s not there. So getting back up and out again, even in a small way, felt like progress. I made sure not to push it too far. The…
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The Weekend That Doesn’t Actually Feel Like Rest
I don’t know about in your home but in my home, weekends are often described as a pause button, a chance to step back from the pace of the week and reset before everything starts again. On paper, that sounds simple enough. In real life, ior my family it rarely works that cleanly. There is usually a list that carries over, even if it isn’t written down. Things that didn’t get finished during the week don’t disappear just because the calendar flips. Those tasks linger in the background, waiting for attention in a way that slowly fills the open space the weekend is supposed to create. What makes the weekend…
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A Quiet Hour in the Middle of Everything
After the #RoadTrip to Hobart, Oklahoma to see Charlie yesterday and getting up at 2am. I am drained and tired. David even went to bed at 5:20 so you know he is tired as well. I can’t even think this evening to decide what I need to do for work. Since the day has stacked itself in the kind of way that leaves no space between one thing and the next, and then suddenly everything hits at once instead of politely waiting its turn. I’ve decided to throw in the towel for this evening and crawl into bed to watch tv after checking on Charlie. Even though there’s the work…
