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My Life Thus Far
A Very Relaxed State Of Being
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I'm writing before midnight! Hopefully that will translate
into me going to bed before midnight :) I'm in a very
relaxed state of being at the moment, so hopefully sleep
comes easily tonight.
One of Gen and my traditions has become Holiday Fest. I'd
never been to a craft fair before Gen invited me to
Holiday Fest, but it's actually pretty interesting. You
can find some really unique things. Everybody got
something. Annie got three stretch bracelets made from
semi-precious stones. One was pink, another was black with
gold flecks and the third was some kind of iridescent
beads with facets. I don't know what any of them are made
of. Kiki got the cutest hand-painted wooden toy. It's a
duck on a stick with wheels and little rubber flippers.
When she pushes it, the wheels roll and the flippers make
flapping sounds on the ground. She was rolling it around
all day :) I got a really pretty necklace made by a Maasai
woman in Kenya. It's multiple strands of black and white
seed beads and has a big pendant made from a piece of
polished black wood. I tried it on when I got home and
it's stunning. It's got great presence, but isn't too
ostentatious. According to the little romance card they
put in the bag with it, 100% of the proceeds of the
necklace go towards food, water and education for the
family of the woman who made it. That's a pretty
worthwhile cause, if you ask me. Keenan got a little knit
hat with a puppy applique on the front. It's adorable :)
Originally, my Saturday looked a lot different. I had a
baby shower, a Girl Scout function and a dinner "date"
with some of the wives. I woke up this morning not feeling
so great (nothing serious, just my seasonal change in the
weather yuckiness) and decided that there was no way I
could do all of those things (and still be able to go to
Holiday Fest with Gen). I made the executive decision that
I wasn't going to do any of it. None of the people asking
me to come to their functions would do the same for me if
the tables were turned, so why overextend myself or miss
out on something that's actually important to me? I'll
leave Lacey's present at work for her (she's a coworker of
mine), the Girl Scouts were only going swimming (I
promised Annie I'd take her swimming some other time and
she wanted to go to Holiday Fest, instead) and the wives
don't mean a damn thing to me. They stood me up, so I'm
sure me standing them up was no big thing.
My revised Saturday: After getting home, the girls and I
tidied up the house a little, I lit my yummy fall-scented
candles (gingerbread, apple pie, vanilla creme), made
spaghetti for dinner, banana bread from scratch for
dessert and we watched Disney movies all afternoon. To top
off the good vibes, Snookie surprised us with a phone
call.
Much better :)
Sometimes you've got to step back and reevaluate your
priorities. When you stop and think about it, some things
just aren't as important as they may seem at first. Nobody
will ever love you or respect your needs as much as you
should love and respect yourself. They just can't. Even if
they care about you. Running around trying to do
everything and then some, not feeling well, after I've
already had a full week wouldn't have been fair to myself
or my kids. An afternoon spent together, enjoying our home
and the comforts of being with one another was a much
better use of a Saturday afternoon. I fully intend to do
it again tomorrow :) Ciao.
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