I have wanted to write about this for a bit and finally have a few min today. But oddly enough the few min are while I am soaking my feet in an ice water bath. So maybe I should change this title, because I highly doubt I am supposed to be dealing with some sort of crazy foot rash/bug bite that’s only cure I’ve found is to soak my tootsies in ice water. None the less, clearly I digress…back on subject:
Last week was my first week of not working and being a full time stay-at-home wife and mom-to-be. Years ago I thought I would go insane. That that could never be the life for me. But I loved this week. I never found myself bored. But then again I guess finishing your masters and preparing for Baby B did help that. Although once I finish my masters, Baby B will be arriving shortly thereafter and I don’t see life slowing down much.
But this week was so stress free! My biggest stress was how I was going to fit in a friend who wanted to come baby shopping with me, so that we could both go and I could run the other 10 errands I wanted to run. (Oh and resisting the urge to be a loner and tell her some sort of non-truth about my errands so I could do them alone….maybe some other day we’ll talk about my sometimes loner tendencies, which I think are simply a product of me wanting to do things how I planned with little to no deviation from my plan…again digressing).
Somehow I managed to live in our home all week, and it was in utter chaos! I mean to me it is a disaster! But I would look around, mentally survey what my top priority actually was and forget the rest. I think I napped all but one day, which means I looked at the mess and decided my body won and the mess lost! For me that is huge! Just a few weeks ago I was having trouble napping because of all the things that were still on my mental to-do list.
So why the sudden change? Because I listened and trusted God that this is where I need to be right now. I am no longer counting down the days until bigger and better things come along. This is my bigger and better. God wants me here. (and that was very evident with some of the catch up time I’ve been able to have with friends around the world. I realized I have neglected some and they really needed me or I really needed them.)
