I’m slowly emerging from some strange funk. I just haven’t felt like myself lately. Not sick or anything just slightly off center. But I can tell I’m doing better because I began looking around my house and felt the urge to straighten up, finish projects, and leap headfirst into more strange endevores. I actually found myself thinking about making my own Tarot card deck as I rocked Kulia down for her nap. Totally random thought, I know but it means my creative juices are flowing again. I find that my urge to create is directly linked with my mental health. When I’m happy, I get busy. When I am sick, I just sit around and watch a lot of bad T.V.

We are slowly marching toward fall. I find myself dressing the girls in every summer outfit they own even though it’s overcast and chilly in the morning. I know that all too soon I’ll be packing away all these cute sundresses and sweet tank tops and they will never be used again. So sad. At least with my favorite skirts and t-shirts, I know that in 9 months I can pull them out again. But with the girls, it’s now or never. So we’ve been hitting alot of parks and playing outside as much as possible.

My head is spinning with everything I’ve left on the back burner this last week. Thank you cards, laundry, grocery shopping, weeding, and a hundred other tasks that have to be completed to keep this house and family running. Kevin seems overjoyed to see me back in the saddle. He’s been trying to juggle the kids and the house for me while I’ve been in my funk and it wore him thin as well. In fact, he called home yesterday when he left work and when I asked how his day was going he actually said, “I’m having fun.” Yes, Kevin actually used the word “fun” and “work” in the same sentence. He quickly realized the error of his ways and tried to backpeddle and tell me how bad things were going but I could hear the happiness in his voice. After a long weekend chasing after these kids and cleaning this house, I think Kevin found the joy in being able to go to work. For me, after a weekend of taking a break for the kids and the house, I re-energized and am ready and fit for another week as a working mom.

Wish me luck!