Time to Decompress

Ok, so I haven’t written in a while. It’s funny because many people always ask how in the world I find time to blog being a working mom. Well, I don’t. Here’s your proof.

Most of the time, I use writing as a way to decompress. Being a mom is emotional. It tests your limits, your patience, your ability to function on x number of hours of sleep. Usually significant less sleep than your body  needs to adequately function, yet your body miraculously pushes on.

Well, life has been busy, so busy that I haven’t had time to sit down and decompress at all. From a job change to weddings to doctor’s appointments to nursery prep, housework, and enjoying time with family and friends, I have been too busy. This was evident when over the weekend, my husband and I decided to watch the series finale of a show called TURN. My husband followed the show, never missing an episode, and I would catch an episode here or there and followed the general story line. Well, we sat down, for the first time in weeks it seemed, and watched the last episode together. (Ahhh, so nice to spend some quality lounge time together). Without including any spoilers, the end was much like the beginning tying the series up in a nice little bow. It was sentimental… it was heartbreaking.

And I utterly lost it. Sobbed. Cried super ugly tears while saying “why, what a horrible ending, it is so sad.” My husband had a look at sheer horror as my sobs were so unexpected, it even scared our toddler who hasn’t seen me cry like that… ever.

This was followed by a few seconds of awkwardness which was quickly followed by my husband politely trying to hide his laughter, him knowing full well it was an emotional pregnancy hormone explosion. This of course made me laugh, out of slight embarrassment for my utter lack of control of my emotions. Well, laughing just made me cry  even harder, ecause, well that’s what happens when I don’t decompress (and when I am pregnant).

So here I am, the first time in weeks, taking a relaxing breath, a relaxing moment to decompress. I don’t have much to say, well, in truth, I have so much to say. I have five blog posts circling in my head ready to be penned and published for your reading pleasure, but where do I start?

I took a few minutes to write down some blog ideas and they are all over the board. I have too many ideas. I also feel like I owe it to all of you to make up for my lost time. So hopefully this week, I will flood this page with some blogging goodness. I think a few long blog posts will do my soul some good and save my husband from another pregnancy induced avalanche of emotions.

Stay tuned, my friends!