A Breath
Yesterday and today I sent Asher off to the babysitters’. (Hi, Beautiful Sitters!) I wish it was because I had crazy amounts of lucrative work to do while he was gone, but that’s not why. Mostly it was because I need a break. From him.
Don’t get me wrong. Of course I love him completely at every moment—even when it’s 3 a.m. and he is SCREAMING in my EAR, even when he’s BITING my LEG, even when he’s PINCHING my BREAST with his fingernails so hard I want to scream.
But still. It’s time I had a tiny space to myself. I planned a coffee date for each morning. Both coffee dates canceled for very good reasons.
So, without big projects to work on or coffee dates, here’s how I spent these two glorious mornings:
* dealing with paperwork
* finding all my 2007 business expense receipts
* updating my business spreadsheets in preparation for Taxes
* paying bills and moving money
* invoicing
* writing a little fiction
Yes, I agree. It doesn’t sound all that fun (except for the last point). But having space to think, to accomplish little tasks was just spectacular. It felt sooooo good. My desk is still a giant mess, but the piles are smaller. New file folders now exist, and I have a trip to the office supply store planned.
Yay for the mundane. Sometimes it’s just what you need.
March 8, 2008 at 4:55 pm
I’m glad you’re getting a couple of free moments to yourself. Remember to breathe and enjoy them.
You totally deserve some Sarabellae time all to yourself sometimes, honey!