Lull

Life is busy. Life is good.

I’ve been running into the familiar challenge of “too much to do, too little time”. It’s a good kind of busy though, so even though I’m scrambling at times to line up everything that needs to be done and actually get it all DONE, it’s like running around like a headless chicken, but feeling fulfilled about it. Ok, so that analogy might be a tad bit weird ...

I spent the majority of the weekend on a half-crazed shopping crusade searching (alas, in vain) for that perfect cocktail dress and accompanying accessories for a formal dinner and dance that the Fred and I will be attending in a couple of weeks’ time. Half-crazed because I had (regretfully, in hindsight) left the task till the last minute, and it being a crusade because I was determined to be properly attired for the event as it’s been a while since I’ve been to something of this ilk.

I was trying to torpedo through all of that on top of all the regular household chores that needed to be done over the weekend as well as a growing list of fixing-up-the-house-tasks to complete. Sadly a couple of chores (like trimming Dante’s nails, oooops) still fell by the wayside and I was utterly exhausted by the end of it all. I thought shopping for girly stuff was supposed to be “fun”????

Another bi-monthly trip to Costco was made this past weekend and somehow, I ended up purchasing ANOTHER new dog bed for Dante. The Fred’s comment was: “Dante’s going to take one whiff at you when we get home, realize you’ve been to Costso and say ‘Where’s my new bed, Mum?’” Hmmm ... I think I may have a closet addiction to those dog beds :)

Work has been pretty hectic too in the past week. I’ve been sorting out a huge database at work and as a result, doing alot of squinting and staring at the computer screen scrutinizing thousands of rows and columns of busy data. So much so that my eyes have been feeling so dry and tired when I get home at the end of the day and hence, I’ve been trying to stay off the computer for as much as possible while I’m home apart from tasks like essential online banking and responding to important correspondences. Unfortunately daily blogging has become one of the casualties as well.

There’s been a couple of long, reflective posts brewing inside my head, arising from Atia’s recent visit and stay – one on Dante, and one on Atia. Those are somewhat “difficult” posts in some ways, so I haven’t quite churned them out of my head yet as I continue to ponder upon their content and how to word some of my thoughts. I’m going to be needing some catharsis from all this back and forth in my head soon though, so it’s on the verge of it all tumbling out in one long wordy diarrhea ...

Aside from the above, I know I’ve been kind of lazy with jotting down and publishing short quips on the blog as they occur to me. I’ve been happily humming along and caught up with the blissful contentment of running a full household with a dependable partner (such a refreshing change!). It’s a wonderful, fuzzy feeling. The “kids” are merrily coasting along with us – “home” and “family” never felt this full of comfort and a solid sense of belonging.

I’ll try to keep up with a daily blogging pace and catch up now with snippets and other tidbits from the last few days. But with how well things are going on so many fronts, an evolution of the blog in its various aspects might just be long overdue ...

Life is busy. Life is good :)