Until then, we're going to play with all of our new presents, visit with family and friends who are in town for the holidays, and get geared up for the bustle of the New Year. I'm very happy right now and can't even bring myself to do any work or much cleaning. It makes me feel like I'm outside of time.
Best Moment Lately: The kids have been awesome! Definitely better than expected. They have been very good about saying thank you to everyone and being excited about giving presents to others. I'm super concerned that they are as grateful about what we have as their parents are. And we've been visiting with loved ones for 3 days now, spending time together and taking it easy. Awesome.
Worst Moment Lately: That would be my delays coming home from NY. I spent last weekend in NY City with Jessie and her friends from college. It was incredible, just relaxing and talking with my best friend, eating and drinking our way from one delicious place to another.
We both felt rejuvenated, being adults and friends, not mommies for a weekend. And we could share our thoughts of how we missed our kids and take turns calling home. It wasn't about trying to remember our days before kids (which we thought of often), but about reminding ourselves that we've still got our own identity away from them. It's good to experience that.
But coming home on Sunday after the blizzard resulted in a 1 hr train delay and then an extra 5 hours on the train due to a bad engine. The food car ran out of food early on. I was so cramped and tired and hungry when they came to pick me up from the train station. My car stayed abandoned in Baltimore, snowed in at a friend's house. Jeremiah threw the kids in our car and braved the unplowed roads to get me from BWI train station. Bless them. I'm glad we all made it home again ok.
Thoughts of the Day:
Another of my favorite things about Christmas is that it's the planning time for New Years. Every year I take my New Years Resolution seriously and plan it in advance and then stick to it all year long, no matter what. Last year it was to continue yoga seriously and then get certified to teach. Check! The year before it was to go a year without any fast food or soda (I've done that one several times and so has Jeremiah. It's a good one to do.).
This year I'm wading through the list of things that I'd like to work on or improve about myself. Sure, I can attempt as many of them as I want. But which will be THE resolution? The one that I really keep as a personal vow and never give up on? I don't want to waste it on something trivial like "drink more water", although I really do need to do that.
And that reminds me that a lot of things on my list are things that I USED to do but aren't doing any more. I could pick any of these and it would just bring me back to where I was, not bring me forward in life. Things like: be vegetarian. buy only recycled content toilet paper and other household paper products. drink mostly water and a ton of water every day. use the clothesline, not the dryer, in spring summer and fall. cut the potato chips and the cookies.
I've slipped on so many things that are important and good for me. I know I should and my honest excuse is that I just don't have the energy to make myself. Lame. So maybe I should throw one of these in to the New Years Resolution pact just because I'm really starting to let myself go.
New Endeavor Resolutions are my most favorite. And I think this year it's going to be related to gardening. For the first time since we moved here I'll have a spring where I'm not pregnant nor do I have a baby. Both of these things really inhibit the gardening time. This should be the year to be ambitious and move two spaces forward.
But then, I also really want to do a big canning project this year, which I've never done on a large scale before. And I really want to learn to save seeds. And I really want to try to make handmade gifts (which could tie in nicely with either of the previous goals). And I really want to do more homemade meals (and therefore crack a cookbook).
I can certainly give any of these a shot. But it wouldn't be a focus, it wouldn't be do-or-die, it wouldn't be a real full effort if it's not THE resolution. So which will I pick? I always savor this last week, so full of possibilities, so full of thoughts about myself and my own wishes and aspirations and such a dormant time before I spring into my new action. I'll let you know on January 1st because that's when it gets spoken aloud and I seal the deal with myself.
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