Well it’s Monday again, and I can’t really believe that just last Monday we felt like we were starting break. It was a good week and looking back it felt long, but in the good way. It definitely felt like something of a break, and for that I’m very grateful.
The kids are waking up later than usual which gives us more time to sleep. We have had enough planned that no one is going totally stir crazy, and the Switch is still new enough that they are excited to play that when they can. We’ve had enough beautiful days, and we’ve made sure to get outside whenever it’s sunny, and that is definitely helping.
Now we have a week left and after spending a day at work I’m definitely in oh-shit-break-is-half-over-and-I-haven’t-gotten-anything-done mode. It’s a stressful place but maybe if I’m there now I can actually accomplish something meaningful before it’s too late. Today I want to think about what I would be most grateful to finish, so that when I start school again next week there is a little less weight on my shoulders.
I’m also realizing that it’s the end of the year, and the end of a decade (it’s not actually the end of a decade but if everyone thinks it is I might as well pretend like it is as well – and I appreciate the aesthetic of ending a decade when the numbers change) and I should be doing some reflection. When I think back at where I was in 2010 it’s insane to think of how much my life has changed. The “teens” where the beginning of the rest of my life, as they say. In the summer of 2010 I became a mother and turned 30. This coming summer my daughter turns “double digits” and I hit the big 40. (I do appreciate being born in a “ten” year as it makes it very easy to look back at my life by increments of 10 because my decades match up with the calendar). This past 10 years was absolutely the hardest, and most rewarding, of my life and I feel very grateful for all that I have. I hope do more reflection on the decade, but I suppose if that doesn’t happen at least I wrote this.
I was also realizing that I’ve been blogging for around 12 years now and that is an insane thing to think. I suppose I could go back and skim late-December posts of each year of my life to remember my previous reflections, but honestly, I’m less and less interested in looking back at my life as I get older. At least not in those ways. Maybe some day that will change…
I’m glad you had a nice break for Christmas. I, like you, am currently in the space of “uh oh, my break is almost over, and I’ve gotten nothing done.”