Baby, it’s cold outside…
The theme this week at Mama Says Om is cold. I’m having fun with this one.
Back to normal operations, or: sleep is for the weak
I got it here, when we were there. Could there be a more perfect T? If you look reeeealy closely, you can see his first little tooth poking through. And yes, the other one’s coming in so we’re not getting much sleep around here. Still.
Buisness as usual: finding magic even there
We came back late Sunday amidst rain falling warm against a crust of snow, and spent the first hours at home unpacking and sorting through mail. By the following evening, we finally felt caught up on all the little things that make a home run: the floor was vacuumed, the plants watered, bills paid, phone [...]
Remembering the texture of moments
I’m feeling mostly better today, and tomorrow we’re our way back north. Towards our small, busy apartment; towards the unfinished business with the house and work; towards heaps of christmast cards that need mailing and cookies that need baking; towards snow; towards days without the joy and distraction Bean’s grandprarents bring to his life. But [...]
Laid up
I woke up at 5:30 with stomach flu. NO, IT ISN’T FOOD POISONING, or everyone else would have it—and I’m the only one who had to run to the bathroom this morning where I sat in agony on the loo. I’ve been floating in and out of a feverish haze all day. The real reason [...]
Gratitude
I have learned this year how to give thanks for small things. For the time between waking and getting up, when Bean looks out the window and I replay fragments of dreams. For the seven sips of coffee with milk and sugar in the morning with the “What’s News” section of the Wall Street Journal. [...]
We need…
We’re making a run for it: leaving for Princeton early to visit DH’s parents–TOMORROW instead of on Wednesday. We need a break: from house hunting, from teething, from early darkness in our too-small apartment, from neighbors. We need some time alone—together. We need some time to poke through shops for presents, to linger over coffee [...]
Small good things
I accomplished something nearly impossible today: I found a pair of jeans that fit my silly long legs!
I bought my first pomegranate of the season, and type with bright red juice staining my cuticles.
I went for a run in the cold for the first time all week. I’ve missed it. My body thrives [...]
First frost
Walking home I glanced skyward, and way, way up was the biggest V of geese I’ve ever seen, flying silently, deliberately South against a backdrop of grey. I stood still in the parking lot of the market, just watching them. People around me gave me looks. I couldn’t help but think:how small we are, [...]
Trying to let it happen
We put an offer on the house today, and I’m wishing I could do like my cat: curl up, put my tail over my nose and sleep off the anxiety. Instead I try to gather my scattered self by drinking many cups of berry tea and sketching.
After we signed all the paper work and [...]