Category — Life

Things have grown.

We found a new playground. It rocks!

Lots and lots of berries have been eaten

Dave had an amazing piece in a show at Aljira Center for Contemporary Art in Newark (check it)

We chased Indi a lot.

Indi got her first black eye. Yes, she was with me, not daddy. Not fair.

We went to a music festival.

We didn’t hear much music, but Dave got a 10 minute massage. This is Indi waiting.

We’ve made a lot of lists (we love our chalkboard door). *Random – Saran Wrap is the last of those wrapping items left in our house – we’ve given up foil and ziplocs and all that other stuff. I think it’s time to give up Saran Wrap too. Oh, and it’s just plastic wrap, huh?

There’s been other things going on… like reading….

…and napping…

…and hiking…

…and rabbit holes…

…and fire men coming to our house at 1:30 am for our hardwired cobwebbed smoke detectors than went off.

Other than that, loving each other. And, me? I’m just waiting for the dog days of summer to kick in.

So are they?

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A little wine, alone time (Dave is gone tonight. It’s just me, Indi, Darwin, and Molly), and a brit flick. Fish Tank. Great movie. And it’s on Netflix instant.

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I’ve been quiet lately. I’ve been in a sort of limbo I think. I’m not even sure. I’ve been busy with freelance work, which is EXCELLENT, though I feel like my projects may suddenly come to a halt mid-summer so I better start looking for more work. I’ve been wallowing as well. I suppose. Wallowing in Pennsylvania. Dreaming of living elsewhere. Trying to enjoy summer but tired of wearing socks and blankets at night. Summer feels more like fall. Is it this year or is it this town? I’m not so sure. Dave and I went to DMV today. In the pouring rain. It was worse than NJ DMV. We didn’t even stay (for reasons other than the fact that it sucked). But, let me repeat this, PA DMV is worse than NJ DMV. I never thought that was possible. I thought maybe California and/or New York might be as bad as New Jersey, but worse? In other news, it’s been cold. And then it was 100 degrees. And then it was cold. And then it warmed up. And rained. And was muggy. And when you step outside you get attacked by mosquitoes. Wow, this has turned into a whiney complainy post, so without further ado, a little Monday 5 countdown. At 12:28 on a Friday morning/Thursday night.

Five Things I’m Grateful For

1. The fact that Dave loves his job – this is great!
2. The freelance work that I’ve gotten lately (yay word of mouth!)
3. Being a thoughtful person instead of someone who doesn’t question and lives in ignorant bliss
4. My little family that lives in this house with me (Dave, Indira, Molly, and Darwin)
5. This little house we live in. It really is a great house. Now, if only we could transplant it elsewhere.

Four Things I Can’t Stop Thinking About

1. Vacation. Beach.
2. Taking pictures. And more pictures. And more pictures.
3. Designing 1) Dave’s website and 2) My new site and new blog and new (separate) photo blog
4. A sister or brother for Indira

Three Things I Want To Accomplish This Week

1. Get a decent chunk of a website built/coded/themed
2. Kick-ass workout tomorrow
3. Have a little fun

Two Things I Am Working To Be Positive About

1. Locale
2. People

One Random Thing

I’m currently trying to find a way to cut down on my internet and connected time . It’s not easy. If you have any ideas, I’d love to hear them.

Oh, and one more random thing. I used to be addicted to lip balm. Severely. I would apply it multiple times per hour. I would have severe anxiety if, for some odd reason, I would forget to bring lip balm with me. It happened on a hike once (horrible) and on the way to go camping – luckily we passed a store even though I was stuck with straight up chapstick. The black container. Anyway, labor broke my addiction. I made sure I had it with me and I don’t think I applied it once. Then, after labor, I was so buy and exhausted and in love that I barely put it on. Now, I think I put it on a few times a day – TOPS. Today, twice. Crazy! I have had this addiction since high school so it’s sort of a big deal.

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We may get dumped with a foot of snow tonight into tomorrow night. I’m really ready for spring now and would love to put these away until next year.

Sidenote: Dave and I would love to eventually move to Vermont (Oh, and I definitely prfer the politics there as opposed to Pennsyltucky) but wow. Those winters must be fierce.

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I missed it so much while we were gone.

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“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.”

I came to this realization a few days ago: for the past few months I’ve been treating my life as if it’s temporary, in between. Wow. I then realized that yes, it is temporary, but it always is. That is the nature of life. This day, week, month, year is no different from the others. Change is always happening. Can you imagine how boring life would be if it wasn’t? So, this is my life. In all of its imperfection and chaos and boringness and love and light and fun. It’s all life. It’s not any more or less temporary than any other part of life. Well, except for vacation. I would say that’s the one exception. I think since I adamantly decided that I hate Pennsylvania and wish that we never moved I let myself get into this mindset that this was like a little vacation. A pretty boring one, but I suppose I almost thought of it as not part of the rest of the path of my life. How crazy is that? So it’s time to accept that this is it. Right now. This is it. Is it temporary? Yes, of course it is! But that doesn’t make it any less real or important. It doesn’t mean that important things aren’t happening. I’m starting my business! I’m out of the 9 to 5 world! That’s big. That’s good. I don’t have to deal with bosses (I have had boss issues since I’ve entered the world of full-time job-ness)! Clients, yes, but no bosses! Indira and Dave are the closest thing I have to bosses. And, come on, that’s just laughable, right? That’s even great. And there’s more. More real life stuff that’s good. Dave is teaching at a kick-ass job and getting paid way more than he got when he taught at two different schools that were an hour and forty minutes away from each other (? I think). And he loves his job! And our daughter is almost one! How the hell did that even happen? I mean, I know. I guess it happened while I was living in temporary life lala land. Waiting for something else to happen. So yes, she’s going to be one, she’s going to be walking soon, she’s been trying to talk and she’s been charming the pants off of everyone around her. Okay, well, maybe not the pants, but you get the idea.

And, no, this hasn’t been happening for the past year. My haze. It’s not like I haven’t appreciated, noticed, and relished in the beautiful little moments that weaved their way through our lives in the past year. I have. I have just been sidetracked for the past few months. Time to change that. And look on the bright side. Spring is coming, our house is amazing, our daughter is crazy awesome, and soon we will be hiking on the weekends (there’s plenty of hiking here), visiting museums in the city (as in NY), and then it will be summer break! Life is pretty good, huh?

Indira's first photo! She needs her own DSLR!

And, to conclude. Here are some things that I am loving/excited about/grateful for:

• Yoga classes that I have yet to take (I have a gift of five classes for the cute studio in our town)!
• It’s nice to have a winter with constant snow-on-the-ground
• Reconnecting with old friends and feeling them fill my cup
• Evening alone time for Dave and I (even if we both are tired by that time)
• New things (teeth, words, standing, laughs, faces)
• Our kitchen rocks. It makes cooking so nice. Granted, three glasses of wine would make cooking even better (but, alas, breastfeeding), but we’re focusing on the positive here
• Design work leads
• I lost a whole crapload of emails from my inbox (long story) – it made me sad, made me stressed, and then made me feel FREE of clutter
• Mondo Beyondo ecourse even though I’m behind!
• iphone arriving on Thursday (awesome gift!!!)
• Had breakfast and snacks and dinner and relaxing hang out time with a bunch of family members this weekend (something that I couldn’t easily do last year)

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