It’s a chilly and drizzly day over right here which appears to be the theme of our week in Charlotte. Yesterday, once I picked Rhett up from preschool, he requested a 2 p.m. sizzling bathtub and man did I really feel that. The climate exterior is the form of wet-cold you are feeling in your bones and I believe it’s hitting us more durable as a result of final Sunday was such a tease with sunny 75-degree climate. We’ve lived in North Carolina for lengthy sufficient now to know a “false spring” after we see one nevertheless it positively obtained all of us within the temper for sunshine and springtime.
Wednesday in Actual Time
I’m fairly sure you didn’t cease by my weblog at present searching for a climate report so let’s transfer proper alongside. Ryan and I had been up sooner than our alarms this morning as a result of a fireplace alarm battery beep. It’s the identical fireplace alarm battery we’ve changed two instances since we moved into our home so we expect one thing could also be up. We had been about to go all Phoebe Buffay on that factor this morning, let me let you know.
Our super-early get up morphed into a comparatively productive morning for me. After I made myself an entire milk latte and browse my devotional, I felt rather more like myself.
This devotional is like my consolation blanket devotional. It’s the one I all the time return to and looks like a heat hug that encourages me, facilities me and breathes life into me. I do know it’s not as “meaty” as different devotionals (and I dive into these as properly in varied seasons), however I like it for its simplicity and the best way I genuinely need to learn it each morning. For anybody who might have liked the Merely Christmas devotional I advisable that I learn each vacation season, I believe you’d like this one, too.
I then labored on three new hearts to tape to the boys’ bed room doorways (we’re doing one coronary heart a day for the week main as much as Valentine’s Day) after which spent the subsequent hour engaged on my pc till Chase and Ryder had been up just a little earlier than 7 a.m.
The massive youngsters and I then ate breakfast collectively — toasted waffles I beforehand made and froze for the boys and pumpkin paleo oatmeal for me!
With blueberries, pumpkin seeds and coconut stirred in for taste and texture!
I liked my morning chat time with Chase and Ryder (Ryan was showering after his exercise) and we talked all about favourite indoor recess video games since our present climate means extra indoor playtime for them at college at present. They had been all about 4 Corners and Head’s Up Seven Up (two classics I liked as a child, too) however I blew their minds once I defined the way you play Pink Rover. Anybody else do not forget that one!? “Pink Rover, Pink Rover, ship Julie on over!” Memoriesss.
Rhett awoke about 5 minutes earlier than Ryan left with Chase and Ryder for his or her elementary faculty drop off, so we stated goodbye to them after which Rhett ate breakfast whereas he did just a little sensory package. I then requested Rhett if he needed to go besides camp with me or play at dwelling whereas I obtained in a brief exercise earlier than preschool. He opted for dwelling and this maaay be one in every of my little methods in getting Rhett on board with giving me half-hour of exercise time.
Rhett is aware of he’s allowed to hitch me however can also be sufficiently old to grasp that mother’s exercises are necessary for making my physique sturdy. He often “works out” for 5-10 minutes with me earlier than dropping curiosity and bringing magnetic tiles or automobiles over to play beside me.
After my brief however candy higher physique power exercise, I hopped within the bathe and Rhett performed along with his puzzle monitor and listened to one in every of his Tonies whereas I obtained prepared for the day.
(Joggers: Vuori / Prime: Amazon / Bag: Free Individuals / Sneakers: Nike / Watch: Garmin Lily)
Then it was time for the entire preschool drop off routine! As soon as Rhett was settled at college, it was extra work time for me. I arrange my little work station at my native espresso store and needed to snicker in any respect my “provides.”
(Time-stamp water bottle — nonetheless going tremendous sturdy with this one! + Pack-It to maintain my mid-morning yogurt snack chilly + Yogurt — oh my gosh Painterland Sisters skyr is my new super-creamy yogurt obsession + Entire milk latte + Calendar + Fav gel pen)
I think about myself pretty low upkeep after which I see a setup like this and assume, “Wellllll….”
And now, simply as I used to be about to hit publish on this weblog put up, I went again to rapidly proof learn my phrases and thought to myself, “Nicely, that covers my morning in a really top-layer form of approach, nevertheless it doesn’t actually cowl how I’m feeling.” How am I feeling? Anxious. My mother had surgical procedure on Monday and this has consumed my ideas, emotions and prayers proper now, as I’m positive anybody going via one thing health-related themselves or with a liked one understands. We obtained some preliminary excellent news this morning (we expect) which has helped me majorly exhale, although we’re nonetheless ready for my mother to talk instantly along with her physician earlier than we all know extra. I’m considering it’s going to be an excellent day.
I hope you all have a beautiful Wednesday! We’re already midway via the week, mates!
