What a Day :)

It WAS food poisoning -- that totally sucks for the kids. Sicker than dogs. They recovered by evening, but were in that stage of feeling like a Mac truck hit hard. We kept the baby until bedtime. Hard day for them, but such a fun day for us. He was a doll and we loved every moment.

2 hour nap cuddle.
He's still recovery
from an ear infection.

It's a lot of energy entertaining a 9 month old though and we made a HUGE mistake of playing the Baby Shark song and now that lives in our brains with no way to extract it. {starts singing it right now} We were warned. Lived 54 years without hearing the song, but that peace is over forever.

An entire babysitting day put me behind for this packed week, but it was SO, SO worth it. 

Now for the week ahead. Eeek. So much to do AND I decided to make sure I keep my life on the calendar too. I'm looking for the little moments of quiet and creativity -- it helps keep me grounded. I've said 'no' to a few things (or at least bumped them to next week). Hiking -- which takes so much more time than a Peloton ride, but it gives back a lot more. 

All of this is good progress for me. Product of a full life. AND keeping balance. I scaled down Thanksgiving expectations too. This balance is what I'm working toward and I'm really glad for some headway.

And I have anxiety that I'm trying to handle with those things for me -- hiking, meditation, quiet creativity, etc. Can't seen to get the anxiety to go away. Waking up in the night with absolute panic. Dang.

On that note, I want to get moving on a few things. I need to use all parts of the day -- full life, right?! Hope you're set for a good week ahead. Later gators.

HH pinecones on the walk path.
A bit of winter decoration
for the planter -- little
pockets of creativity for me.