Ahhhh. Here it is, 5:40 a.m. on a Monday morning. I am sitting in my scrubs, coffee on the table next to me, NPR on the radio, Zoey sleeping soundly in my bed.
Time to go back to life as usual.
I feel so blessed to have had my sister here for two whole weeks. Abby willingly slept on my couch night after night, dragged herself up at ungodly hours to drive me to work, and took Zoey to daycare at a far more pleasant hour of 8:00 (or 10:00, depending on the leisure of their morning). She did my grocery shopping, ran my errands, brought me lattes at work. She did the dishes after dinner while I gave Zoey a bath. She made tea while I went through the motions of a bedtime routine. And then she stayed up with me for grown-up talk until I crawled in to bed at a much-too-late hour every night, completely happy and satisfied.
I keep asking her to marry me, but she keeps turning me down.
But yesterday Abby flew back to her life in Colorado, and Zoey and I are resuming our normal routines. It is relief mixed with a little homesickness for my sister. Christmas has been cleared from our house. I am thrilled because this Christmas holiday was not stellar. Zoey is thrilled because now we can move on to celebrating the TRULY important holiday...Valentine's Day. Foam hearts and gel stickers decorate all our windows now. It's been two weeks since I've listened to the Early Edition on NPR. Moving on.
I am going in to this new year hoping for calm. Peace. Certainly more calm than Zoey and I saw last year. I know that part of this calm and peacefulness will come with routine. And so, I will refill my coffee cup and get ready for my grandma to arrive to watch Zoey. I will dig out a library card so the two of them can have a field trip today. I will go to work and take care of people and come home to fix dinner and probably deal with some whining. I will likely be in bed by 9:00.
Moving on!
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Also back to the grind here and yeah, it's met with sighs and a little bit of happiness, too. Wishing you and Zoey a calm, uneventful 2011!
Peace and grace to you, my darling daughter and granddaughter. Allow life to be as it is, let go of expectations and you will find the goodness that waits for you in this next year...oh, and you'll probably have a fair amount of whining along the way - so when things get a little crazy, just breathe!
Love, Mom
what mom said, except a little snarkier and a little whinier because i wish i was still there too. but peace is good. expectations can be bad. much love, much zen. :)
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