Without making a huge ordeal - I'll just let you know that today is my birthday. In years past I typically would have a running countdown going from about Halloween on. But for some reason this year I haven't had the same drive. It's probably linked to getting older -- except truthfully, most of the time I still feel like the tag-along kid in the majority of settings.
Day after tomorrow we head off on vacation -- one that is desperately needed! The past few months have been wicked exhausting! With work craziness (and crazies!), football madness, and general life happenings - it's been a challenge to keep all those plates spinning.
Everything keeps falling in place, for which I'm incredibly thankful to the Lord. And it's exciting to think about what's on the horizon in the next year. Hopefully I can make my way thru this next year with a bit more grace & tenacity. Birthday goal for this 27th year (or 28th year if you were to ask my beloved Gran...she had a unique way of counting birthdays) is to try something new or challenging each month. First on the docket is a mini-Hawaiian language course. Already signed up & ready to go once we get back from Mexico!
If I don't post again before leaving (which lets be honest, I probably won't....) - Merry Christmas friends. May you enjoy this time with the ones you love & know that our Christ was born to give us new birth!
Anna :)
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Monday, December 10, 2012
Just Keep Swimming....
This time of year always seems to take me by surprise. The craziness. The events. The Christmas cards. The food. It somehow always feels like a mack truck...in the best sense of the word of course.
Even with our upcoming vacation I feel totally overwhelmed. Probably because I'm trying to stuff 4 weeks of stuff and events in to 3 weeks. And likely also because I'm trying to force some files at work to get closed or as close to closed as possible before I leave.
But amidst the the chaos and craziness I'm reminded nearly every day what is worthy. My husband -- even when we have gnarly tiffs, that thankfully usually end in apologies and giggles. My family -- that endure my moody-ness because they know it's just a moment and I'll come around. My friends -- particularly the one or two very dear friends that I can share the ugliest of uglies with and not be fearful of it being broadcast to the universe. And the others who know the ways to hold me accountable. My job -- though incredibly challenging & frustrating a good portion of the time, it's incredibly important to remind myself that a job in and of itself is something to be grateful for. And a job that requires flexibility and creativity is pretty cool too. My extended family -- I often joke I've got a mafia sized family (and I really kind of do), but it's pretty fun to leave the local Christmas Pancake Breakfast at the local fire station & run in to about a dozen family members. A warm, comfy home -- a place to lay my head and kick up my feet at the end of each day.
So in an attempt to maintain my sanity in the upcoming 12 days I'll just keep staring at the photos of our hotel in Mexico, and repeat to myself "I can make it....I can make it...."
Merry Christmas friends. I'll try and get a few more posts written up here before leaving :)
Even with our upcoming vacation I feel totally overwhelmed. Probably because I'm trying to stuff 4 weeks of stuff and events in to 3 weeks. And likely also because I'm trying to force some files at work to get closed or as close to closed as possible before I leave.
But amidst the the chaos and craziness I'm reminded nearly every day what is worthy. My husband -- even when we have gnarly tiffs, that thankfully usually end in apologies and giggles. My family -- that endure my moody-ness because they know it's just a moment and I'll come around. My friends -- particularly the one or two very dear friends that I can share the ugliest of uglies with and not be fearful of it being broadcast to the universe. And the others who know the ways to hold me accountable. My job -- though incredibly challenging & frustrating a good portion of the time, it's incredibly important to remind myself that a job in and of itself is something to be grateful for. And a job that requires flexibility and creativity is pretty cool too. My extended family -- I often joke I've got a mafia sized family (and I really kind of do), but it's pretty fun to leave the local Christmas Pancake Breakfast at the local fire station & run in to about a dozen family members. A warm, comfy home -- a place to lay my head and kick up my feet at the end of each day.
So in an attempt to maintain my sanity in the upcoming 12 days I'll just keep staring at the photos of our hotel in Mexico, and repeat to myself "I can make it....I can make it...."
Merry Christmas friends. I'll try and get a few more posts written up here before leaving :)
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