Staycation

My last official day at the library was Thursday, so I'm officially a housewife/full-time mom. But since my arm is still broken, and I can't lift my baby (or at least I shouldn't) he's still in full-time daycare until it heals. Which leaves me all dressed up in heels and pearls with no floor to vacuum, so to speak. Gus's last day of daycare will be July 13th, barring any unforeseen problems with the healing process (so far, it's gone really well). Which gives me an entire two and a half weeks of stay-at-home-not-mom, Today-Show-watching, bon-bon-eating bliss.

After spending the first two days floundering around and half-accomplishing things, I decided I need a plan. For some people *cough cough Jonny cough* to-do lists are overwhelming and distressing, but for me a plan is like exercise - sure, I might want to skip it, but if I do, I feel guilty and not-awesome, so a 20-minute workout would have saved me hours of worrying and unproductiveness.* Plus, creating and accomplishing a list of tasks makes me feel like a rock star, and who doesn't want that?

So here is my vacation list - my hopes and aspirations for the next few weeks:

1. Develop an exercise habit. Going to the Y with a baby is only marginally harder than going without one (and certainly easier than packing him for daycare), so I want to get in the habit of going several times a week. Plus five minutes of walking and stretching on the off days (five minutes is once around the block - so easy! And I can stretch while I play with Gus on the floor).

2. Develop a devotional habit. Daily Bible reading and prayer, even if it's only five minutes.

3. Clean out my closets. Boy howdy, does this need done.

4. Get an oil change. Done! And they found and fixed a hole in my tire, too. My tires are nail-magnets, apparently.

5. Clean off my desk and keep it clean. Desk is clean. Bed behind it is full of junk that was on the desk.

6. Blog more.


7. Help out other mommas. Where I can, of course. I can't hold their baby either, but I can watch toddlers or just keep an eye out while they do things they are itching to get done. Time is a blessing few moms receive, so I need to be thankful and tithe on all my blessings. Plus, otherwise I'd get lonely.

8. Get a haircut. Haven't decided yet whether this will be a trim or a mom haircut. We'll see.

9. Childproof the house. Crawling is only a short time away!

10. Prioritize pending projects. I have supplies and ideas for so many projects that I'm not even sure what I have or what I want to do. I want to make a list (ok, so I have a list obsession) so I know where to start, and don't freeze in panic when I do have ten spare minutes.

I think I'll stop there - ten is a nice round number. But expect sublists in the future!

Love,

Katie

*In fact, the amount of unscheduled time in Jonny's Saturday is usually directly proportional to his enjoyment of it. Since I am freaked out by unscheduled time and Jon needs it to function, I often plan (in my mind) to leave unscheduled time for him...but of course, I can't tell him when that's happening, since that would kind of defeat the purpose. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the intricacies of a marriage between a task-oriented ESFJ and a people-oriented INTP.

Music Video Monday

Thursday was my last day at the library, and now the real work begins. But full-time moms need social outlets, so hopefully you'll be seeing a bit more activity around here in the months to come. Silly babies and their rearranging-of-all-life's-goals-and-aspirations.

To encourage consistency, I'm introducing a series called Music Video Monday (not entirely a new concept). Because even if I don't feel like being creative, surely I can at least find a good music video, right? Kick off the work week with a smile.

This week's video is Fatboy Slim's cover of "The Joker" by the Steve Miller Band, in honor of my older brother's birthday this week, because he used to go around singing it all the time in high school. I prefer the original song, but Fatboy Slim's video is superior to many things on the internet. Thanks, Sadie, for introducing us.*



Happy Monday!

*Introducing me to the video, not me to my brother. Of course.