June 24, 2004
Feelin Groovy
So I didn't clean the dishes up last night... I did get up and do them this morning, so that was good. I decided to prioritize relaxation for one day this week over the dishes and surprisingly I only thought about it briefly before I crawled in bed around 11:30 and I was out before my head hit the pillow anyway so there must not have been too much stress associated with them at that point.
I did not, however, get up to swim this morning... did I happen to mention that I went to bed around 11:30... yeah, sleep won out over swimming today, but it will be made up for tomorrow with no hesitation.
Tomorrow my kindergartener becomes a first grader... whoah. I know he's ready academically... socially is another question... but I know he'll be ok. TKD is helping his confidence a lot... its weird to have my baby growing up... I'm not ready for it, even tho he is... *sigh*
And while I don't want to make a big deal of it, I am turning 30 this year... in just over a month, in fact, and I didn't think it would freak me out, but I think it is. Oh I try to deny it outwardly, but subconsciously, inside... it's there. The questions... "what have you really done that's made a difference?" "are you going to keep your promise to yourself that you'd get out of this industry when you're 30?" "are you really ready to shut the door on having more children like you said you would at 30?" It's rediculous, I know... welcome to my world.
Status on my Steps:
1. Did dishes this morning, feel at peace with it.
2. Diet is CLEAN today (hooray for protein powder!)
3. Ran 4 miles with Alissa today (thank GOD for her keeping me motivated or I would have walked at the 2.5 mile mark!)
4. Snuggled on the couch for a good long while with the hubby... praised him for figuring out why the mini was vibrating at highway speeds (unballanced tire).
5. No word from BW yet. Spent some time reading wonderful homebirth stories and happy successful nursing stories.
Posted by Lexy at June 24, 2004 01:52 PM
Comments
It's perfectly normal to ask those questions. I didn't really ask them at 30, but damn it ... I did when my 15th (*Yikes!*) high school graduation anniversary snuck up on me on June 1 this year. Don't focus on what you *haven't* done, girl. Instead, focus on what you *WILL* do. What's done is done. But you have final say so on what happens from this point on.
For what it's worth, I think you've accomplished quite a few great things so far. And knowing you, the future only holds even greater accomplishments for you. The sky is the limit girl. Just reach out and grab it!
Posted by: Lee on 06/25/04 @ 05:40 AM
Kudos on the clean kitchen and clean diet initiatives- the clean kitchen thing especially since it's so easy to let that kind of stuff pile up (at least for me). I'm glad that things are going well for you. It sounds like you've had a really hard, draining week, but you still found the inner resources to work all kinds of stuff out and make some new plans... awesome.
Posted by: nuni on 06/25/04 @ 10:13 AM

well 30 is just a number but that kind of question is FAR from ridiculous, at any age :)
Posted by: rachel on 06/24/04 @ 04:17 PM