The last member of our household got his first shot today.
I feel very lucky that little boy has just turned 12 and can now have his shot.
We drove around and waited for some time today to make this possible for him and I am grateful that it worked out. I am grateful that in a month or so he will be able to finally see some friends. He hasn’t seen a friend in person since last year March. Nor has the older one.
We all miss seeing people, hugging people and going on adventures.
Yes to staying healthy and yes to going on adventures again.
I drove on the freeway for the first time since last year March. I wasn’t sure if I’d feel too anxious but it didn’t feel terrible and I managed to make it there and back just fine.
I get to do it all over again tomorrow and then again Monday and Tuesday. I expect I will have it totally down by then.
I got a tiny glimpse at the life before all this and it was eerily familiar. All the same and yet all a little different. Seeing people. Having conversations face to face.
It felt good.
Yes to seeing people and yes to mk snacks and yes to glimpses of life.
I am still documenting daily life here and loving these small moments.
I seem to be feeling really tired and off this week. Just a lot to do and no energy to do it. So instead I am taking all the rest I can and all the grace I can give myself.
It helps that I am reading Andy Weir’s new book which is a fantastic distraction from life.
Little boy finally hooked up this little Arduino kit we got him for his birthday. Each button does something different and saves him clicks and work. It was cool to see how quickly he mastered this one.
I am completely wiped from climbing today and have nothing pithy to say at all. I am taking each day as it comes at the moment and using all my energy to do the next right thing I can.
Since Sunday I’ve been taking photos of our ordinary life to capture a typical week in our current life.
I did this @aliedwards week in the life project back in 2012, when I had a 3 year old and a 7 year old. I did it again in 2014 with a 5 and 9 year old and now I have a 12 and 16 year old and we are all at home doing school and work from here.
Ordinary life is anything but ordinary. And these tiny, irrelevant seeming moments of life are ephemeral and they are made of gold.
I know that when my kids are off living their own lives, I will miss these moments the most. The seemingly inconsequential experience of my teenager eating cereal as he surfs on his phone. Or my younger one watching movies. I will miss the sounds they make as they work. The laughter when they are chatting with their friends. I will even miss the mess in their rooms.
Because our everyday ordinary life is filled with their life and their souls. It’s us in this moment of time that will never be here again. We get to be right here right now only this one time.
And through this magical project I get to capture a tiny sliver of that and keep it with me forever.
How is that not the best deal ever?
Yes to capturing our everyday, yes to telling our stories.
Here’s the incredibly thoughtful present my lovely husband got me for mother’s day. (He got me some fun scrapbooking stuff too!)
This is an exact replica of my climbing shoes that I wear each time we go climbing. And now I have a little keychain where I can carry them around with me.
How sweet is that?
Today was a tough day at work as expected, so I took a lot of downtime and went climbing with my husband. When I was up on the wall I forgot all about work. And everything else.
And now I sit here and write up my week in the life noted and feel okay. So we will call this a win.
Yes to stepping away when needed. Yes to being present and doing things that help you be present.
I started this project 100 days ago with a spreadsheet. I made sections for Exercise, Nutrition, Body, Mind and Soul and I had never done a 100-day project like this. I had 44 lines in my sheet with check marks for each item completed, quotas per item per week.
I was hopeful but also anxious that maybe it was a bit too ambitious.
I was so wrong.
This project changed my life. 100 days in, I am exercising 13 hours a week, eating very nutritious meals, using skin care daily, meditating, journaling, doing art journaling, and drinking more water.
And I’ve stopped tracking and checking boxes weeks ago.
I am incredibly grateful I picked this project and might have to do another 100-day project in 2021 after all.
Weekly Intention: My intention this week is to take care of my own needs. I expect this to be a tough week and I will be there for myself, listening and taking what I need.
This month’s intention is:May: Yes Just Yes: Time to be bold. Jump in. Dare to go all in and see what happens. What happens if you say yes?!Well ok, art is working great so far and so is food. Maybe this was about work? but unclear what it really means.
One way I will leap this week: Since the art journaling is giving me a lot of joy, my new plan this week will be non-art journaling
One boundary I will set this week: i will step away from work as needed.
One area where I will go deeper this week: i am doing week in the life this week. It will be definitely going deeper.
What do I need to sit with this week? i need to sit with all that’s going on at work.
I am looking forward to: nothing specific this week. just looking forward to being outside more.
Focus onCore Desired Feelings (lighter, kinder, enough, magic, wild): here’s to letting all the lightness, kindness and magic holding me this week.
This week’s challenges: a tough tough week at work this week.
Top Goals:
Work: have convos with P. figure out next steps. do DYL book.
Personal: start journaling plan, week in the life.
Family: be with J, find painters, book real id.
This week, I want to remember: you have what it takes.
