Recently I took a picture of my coffee and some other “staged” items and was planning to caption it-“But First, Coffee!” When all of a sudden I had an aha moment-this is a load of BS. haha, I mean, before I even had time to think let alone drink my coffee that morning I woke up to both kids needing to have diapers changed(Emme) and or go to the bathroom(Max), get dressed, eat breakfast, load up their snacks for workout class, I mean, you get my point here. Basically, this caption just does not work for moms! At any rate, it had me thinking about all of the other things we “don’t” get to do or things that simply have changed.
{The above photo is one of the many outakes I took of my coffee that day to only end up realizing they all stunk anyways!!! lol}
Here are a few examples of how this chapter of life, we just can’t always go with the “plan” or what we “want.”
I recently joined a new gym. Boy was I excited. Our “plan” was to sign the kids up for the child care and I could go every morning if I wanted and even shower there 😳. Well, we never signed them up for the child care because they both have been sick so much we didn’t think it was fair to bring them around other kids and didn’t want them more sick than they have already been. This winter has been brutal!! We signed up in January and our “plan” changed. Come mid April and Back to my old workout routine I go! Which to be honest, I really missed. It’s this amazing village of women and kids with like minded fitness goals, fun activities for the kids, and great convo! Read all about it here.
{This is me after our workout class with both kids, just happy the sun is shining!}
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Another example, We were gifted Chicago Cubs tickets for Christmas(their second home game). The weather finally turned into spring and it was such a beautiful day…….Emme got sick(actually our babysitter too). We didn’t go. I really am growing up because I wasn’t even upset about the game, just that it was an absolutely gorgeous day and we hadn’t had one in awhile.
Fridays…omg I used to LIVE for Friday’s. Still do actually. It’s just a LOT different. Now, I get excited because Dusko will get home and my duties will have lessened. And if we’re lucky, we get to go out for pizza!
This is about what our fridays look like right now and that is just fine!
Long trips to target(or any store for that matter)….ALONE….I used to loathe going grocery shopping or anything. I’m not afraid to be alone but just Love having someone to chat with. On a lucky occasion I get to go alone now and I really enjoy it, I know we all do!
Getting ready every day? Forget about it!
Truly, my point here is, some day, we will likely get to say……But First, COFFEE! And really mean it again. This chapter is going to come and go before our very eyes and more than anything we will wish these Big kids were little again. So I am going to try my best to cherish every second that I don’t get to drink a warm coffee or my iced coffee is watered down because I have added ice to it 3 different times. This is a reminder to myself that even though the days are long, the years are way too damn short.
