Sunday Sentiments

 

I am frazzled today. We've been enjoying a great couple of days of both working and watching our sweet little buddy who comes to stay with us every now and then. It's been over a month since he last stayed, and he's grown so much in that time - in personality and skills. His giggle is so infectious and he's learned how to do so many things that I'm seeing from him for the first time. It's been so much fun to have him!

I had our Saturday and Sunday meticulously planned out, but literally as we shut his bedroom door last night after putting him to bed, we got a surprise plot twist on our plans for today. They're not bad at all, but they did require a reworking of the whole day, which meant reworking all of last night, too.

Instead of following my post-baby-bedtime list, I had to scramble to prepare to be gone part of today - and to move UP to last night a handful of things I planned to do in leisurely fashion on our "weekend" over the next couple of days. (Dye the roots, redo the manicure, etc.)

Reworking carefully constructed plans does not come easily to me. It's a character flaw I will readily admit and one that I know I need to continue to work on, even though I know I will probably always wrestle with it. 

So as I sit here writing this to you, I'm aware that perhaps shifting my focus to things I'm thankful for might help me reframe my perspective a bit.

* I am thankful that all those many years ago, Ryan gifted me all the tools to do my own nails at home and that my observation skills in the nail salon chair all the years before that taught me what I need to know for home manicures. Even though it was a fix I hadn't planned to do last night, I had everything I needed to make it happen.

* I am thankful for whoever had the great idea to sell root touchup kits. When the skunk stripe appears in the middle of my head, I'm grateful to pull the little kit from the closet and fix it - even at 11 p.m. on a Saturday!

* I'm thankful Ryan is such a great help. As we reworked our Sunday morning - to include getting ourselves up and ready earlier, and our buddy up and ready earlier, I knew that I could count on him to be in the mix with me: scrambling eggs, brushing teeth, whatever is needed. (Although I would like to report that the little guy's outfit is laid out in its entirety, the church diaper bag is packed, the road/church/road again snack bag is packed, and all the other clothes he brought for the weekend are separated into bags according to clean and dirty, ready to be returned to his mother.)

* I'm thankful for coffee, which I didn't get at all last night in all the mayhem, but am confident will carry me through the finer mechanics of this morning.

And now...what about you? Whether you're feelin' frazzled or feelin' fine, what are you thankful for today?