Ellie caught me off guard when she started singing a new song, recently. “I’m just a little bit caught in the middle, life is a maze, and love is a riddle.” I have the Pandora Children’s Indie Station on in the house a lot…she must have heard and learned the Lenka hit that way. After I stopped laughing in wonder at the fact that she was singing mainstream music and not just kids’ tunes like “This Old Man” or “All of the Raindrops,” I remembered the rest of the song and the lyrics started to sink in.
It was just one of those weeks. The kind when the gold stars get buried by lots of running around, massive daily to-do lists, and feeling overwhelmed by the annoying things that crop up in the midst of the chaos. But they’re annoying. Not tragic. Feeling overwhelmed by the typical life balancing act means our life is settling into a new normal. That’s a good thing. A bright shining gold star right there. 7 months ago, I would have killed to be upset about yet another round of the same obnoxious cold being passed around my family or running out of milk because I didn’t have enough time to hit the grocery. Even though some weeks the gold stars are hard to find, the exercise of searching them out and concentrating on them has helped immensely. So thank you, Eloise, my little two-year-old guru, for reminding me that even though this journey is twisty and unpredictable to “just enjoy the show.”
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*Spring Cleaning. It’s good for the soul.
*Back up and running. My body took a beating with this past pregnancy. It has taken me 4.5 months to work my way up to 2 consecutive miles, but running is finally starting to feel better and I’m finally starting to feel stronger. Excellent news, since summer is coming and the baby weight is incredibly stubborn this time around.
*The Amazing My Tot Clock. For the first time in weeks, Eloise slept until 6:30AM this morning. WOOHOO! I am going to irrationally attribute that to our new My Tot Clock, a marvelous invention that came highly recommended by my Kindred Spirit mommy friend. Is there a good chance Ellie’s waking up “late” had nothing at all to do with the clock? Absolutely. But I definitely smiled when I heard her yell from her room, “Mommy! My clock turned yellow! I can get up now! How cool is that?”
*To things that could have gone wrong going right. Mike and I were honestly starting to get a complex. That the universe was against us and that if something could go wrong, it would. So imagine our nerves when we had to take Dorey to the vet this week. One of her back legs is going lame and we feared we were in for x-rays, a slew of tests, and surgeries. Thankfully, we are catching it early enough that joint supplements and monitoring are the immediate name of the game. It’s hard watching our fur baby get old. But we are blessed that we get to.
*Iced caffeinated perfection at my finger tips. And it’s only 70 calories a cup. Let’s just say this coffee drink staved off quite a few rotten mood swings this week.
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