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Sunday
Aug302009
Lots of hyphens.
August 30, 2009
Oh dear me, am I ever in a funkedy funk funk.
An I-fed-my-baby-kidney-beans-and-he-didn't-fall-asleep-until-4:30-in-the-morning funk.
An I'm-worried-about-money funk.
A look-at-the-big-stack-of-work-in-front-of-me-and-no-brains-left-to-do-it funk.
An I-miss-my-family-and-friends funk.
A NON STOP RAIN AND FOG funk. The monsoon is romantic, is necessary, is green, but gets old with cabin-fevered kids and very little space.
Thank God for water colors.
Other things I'm thankful for include:
* food on our table
* the lush beauty all around me
* the many impromptu hugs that Kid A has been giving me
* Chinua playing the mandolin in my living room right now
* the prospect of sleep (maybe) tonight
* coffee and chocolate
* Tripta
* train rides, long walks, learning about space, movies, cuddles, a cat appearing in my house, drop-ins from friends, the cheesecake Cate recently discovered that actually tastes like cheesecake, muesli, chilies, and Jane Austen.
(Deep breath, dive into the day, don't sulk in the corner, give more because there is always a spring welling up for you and you will not be empty.)
An I-fed-my-baby-kidney-beans-and-he-didn't-fall-asleep-until-4:30-in-the-morning funk.
An I'm-worried-about-money funk.
A look-at-the-big-stack-of-work-in-front-of-me-and-no-brains-left-to-do-it funk.
An I-miss-my-family-and-friends funk.
A NON STOP RAIN AND FOG funk. The monsoon is romantic, is necessary, is green, but gets old with cabin-fevered kids and very little space.
Thank God for water colors.
Other things I'm thankful for include:
* food on our table
* the lush beauty all around me
* the many impromptu hugs that Kid A has been giving me
* Chinua playing the mandolin in my living room right now
* the prospect of sleep (maybe) tonight
* coffee and chocolate
* Tripta
* train rides, long walks, learning about space, movies, cuddles, a cat appearing in my house, drop-ins from friends, the cheesecake Cate recently discovered that actually tastes like cheesecake, muesli, chilies, and Jane Austen.
(Deep breath, dive into the day, don't sulk in the corner, give more because there is always a spring welling up for you and you will not be empty.)
Reader Comments (12)
ahh love this post. there is always a spring welling up for you and you will not be empty. thank you, i will ponder that in this space.
Yes , sometimes that works when the " Iwant to get off NOW " approach doesn't . Chocolate helps , quite definitely !
I love all your posts! Just want to mention that I like your side line of 'Books I Love", I love a lot of them too, but I just realized there is a book on it from my favorite autor, Madeleine L'Engle that I haven't read. How could this be? I will have to go do the linky link and get it. Thanks dear.
I love you my friends... you are in my prayers.
I love you too! That picture YaYa is working on looks really good! Miss you too!
Hang in there! I love the comment "give more..." . I woke up to an overwhelming day/week/month(s) ahead of me. Getting ready to move, packing, sorting, screaming, ha! The actual move, then selling the current house (how long will that take? how broke will we be?). Your post helped me feel not alone in exhaustion. I was almost about to sulk. Thank you! :)
All will be well. I know it.
your children all look as if they were painted in watercolors. Subtle, beautiful, dream like
I, too, am taking the last bit of this post with me today, and will keep it in the back of my mind. Even when you are in a funk, you're touching others.
Well... I'm grateful for you. :)
So much better than my 'don't be a whiner and get on with it' self-talk!
Your posts are beautiful. They encourage me so much. Thank you!