Yesterday morning started like many others in our house, wake the girl, get them ready for school and out the door to the bus stop. With the nice weather and bright blue sky the kids were all hyper running around until he bus arrived. As the bus pulls up the kids grab their bags, get the morning hugs and kiss and off they go.
Madison and I began to walk back to our house when she looks at me and says ever so innocently, “let’s skip”. What a fun idea, the sky was blue, air warm and my beautiful baby wants to skip home.
Kind of how I felt straining a calf muscle skipping.
I made it the length of about a house when a pain shot through my left calf. I let out a small “ouch” and stopped. It was then that my six-year-old looked at me with those caring, loving eyes and laughed.
Nasty kid! 🙂
In my head I can visualize myself doing many things. And then reality sets in. Getting old is a real B…….., well let’s just say I am not enjoying it very much!
Recently I have been debating what the next chapter of my life will hold. My little one will be in first grade full-time starting in September. I have had people ask if I was going to get a real job. It had started to bring me down a bit.
I love standing at the bus stop waving to the girls as they head off to school. I love having the opportunity to give a hug and kiss as they step onto the bus. I look forward to the stories as soon as they get off the bus after a busy day of learning. I am the one to sit with my girls while they do homework and I am the one to answer the questions that arise from that homework.
We of course could be better off financially if I went back to work, that is assuming I could even find a job. I love my life, my husband and my girls. I am sick and tired of feeling like I need to apologize for wanting to take care of my family. I do the laundry, I clean our home. I am the taxi service for karate, CCD and soccer. I handle all medical and dental appointments. I ensure that my ever-growing girls have clothes that fit and food on the table.
I want to be present. I remember track meets with my friends parents wishing I could see my mother rooting for me. I remember wishing just once.
My job keeps me pretty busy, and I love every minute of it! I will apologize to no one for wanting to continue to do it.
I feel like it was just a week or two ago where I was on here complaining about the cold temperatures. For weeks we had been stuck in grey skies, winds that felt like they would never end and damp chilly air.
Well, happy days are here again! We seem to have jumped from winter right into summer and enjoyed an 83 degree day today with bright beautiful sun shine and perfect blue skies. To make it even better, tomorrow looks to be a repeat and yesterday was almost as great! A local news station does a little rating with the weather and today was awarded a perfect 10, something I had never seen. I fully concur!
I have spent hours outside cleaning up the yard, pruning bushes and mulching. As Frank and I get older this Spring clean up takes a little longer and causes more aches and pains but I still love it! To me it is part of the pride of home ownership. There is no race on getting it finished and I will be back at it tomorrow. I enjoy spending time in the yard and am perfectly willing to put in the time and effort to make it the way we like!
In a few weeks we will be able to plant our veggie garden. This is something that the girls and I do together. I enjoy watching them as we watch the plants mature. They take it very serious fully understanding that the care given to those little plants produce wonderful vegetables that we enjoy for months. We grow so many cherry tomatoes that through the summer months we always have a bowl full left on the island for all day snacking. Last summer my beautiful little girls had to handle most of the harvesting themselves since I was recovering. Although they did a wonderful job, I look forward to being fully involved this year! The area is prepped and ready, we even expanded again this year.
A harvest from last season
The weekend looks to be heading back into the 50’s. I am sure that will feel really cold after these few days. Until then, I will fully enjoy every ray of sun I can!
Yesterday morning started like many others in our house, wake the girl, get them ready for school and out the door to the bus stop. With the nice weather and bright blue sky the kids were all hyper running around until he bus arrived. As the bus pulls up the kids grab their bags, get the morning hugs and kiss and off they go.
Decisions for my Family 