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| the hostess with the mostess, mindy, at her awesome retreat that i was lucky enough to attend for part of the day |
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| me and my little mini-me...you can see from this picture how drained and exhausting some days in late october/early november have been...she's got enough light for both of us, though |
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| frida kahlo halloween costume...(basically i got home from work, didn't change, threw on my DIY flower crown and a unibrow and i was good to go) |
It's so cliche, but time is flying by. I'm pretty sure I start off every blog post writing the same thing. I'm trying to find the balance between a very busy schedule and making time to just sit down and do a whole lot of nothing. It's a delicate balance...one that I'm not good at mastering. Just when I was looking forward to November, thinking that it would be a time for me to slow down and turn inward, Joey experienced a pretty traumatic eye injury (Hyphema...who knew!) which is requiring us to take him to the eye doctor every day for monitoring. He was on bedrest for a whole week, missing school and trick-or-treating. He's doing much better now and has regained full sight in his eye, thank goodness. I think he might even be going to gym class today for the first time. But seriously, the whole thing had me eating my words about November. I had a moment where I broke down and cried in John's arms, not knowing if I could manage all Joey's appointments, my appointments for the pregnancy, the girls' commitments, and John's travel schedule. I felt the overwhelm take over and just broke down. But John looked at me and gave me the simplest, most epic advice, which was "Just take it one day at a time, Nin." I was looking at the calendar and getting overwhelmed with it all. But when I actually chilled the funk out and took a deep breath, I realized that I could (with a little help from my friends) get through each day...and it actually wasn't all that.bad.
I'm feeling better about it all now. Joey's back to school. I'm able to have a little breathing room to try to get myself into optimal shape for the last trimester of cooking these babies. There are lots of vitamins and supplements involved. And a new addiction to smoothies every day. Gearing up for a weekend of celebrations, three days of partying! And also gearing up for hosting Thanksgiving here in a couple of weeks, which we absolutely love to do. Thanksgiving is definitely our thing...our best holiday. And since John will be away for Christmas this year, it's even more reason to throw ourselves 100% into it. November is already flying by.
Every day when I look at the calendar, I try to focus just on today. What can I do to take care of myself? What can I do to nourish my family? What really needs to be done and what can be forgotten about for another day? Just today. Just today.
