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I have been thinking about you…

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Dear Blog,

I have missed you so much. I think about you from time to time and have been meaning to write. I have had so many things to tell you.

I have found a whole host of excuses to not visit you and tell you what’s been on my mind. Being a mom seems to be my biggest excuse, along with being fearful of how you might judge me.

But not being with you makes me feel like something is missing. I like being with you (even when its hard). When I don’t let out the things I have on my mind and when I don’t express myself I feel like things bottle up and opportunities for learning more about you and about myself slip away.

Anyway, I’m here now. I love how you always welcome me back no matter how long I have been gone.

Thank you,

Christine

family, friends and familiarity

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What do you do when you don’t see eye-to-eye with your partner?

You can:

A. agree to disagree
B. hold it against them
C. passive aggression
D. leave
E. negotiate (but won’t this option just end up falling in one of the above?)

Some say that life won’t bring to you anything that you aren’t strong enough to handle.

Ok.
But, there are degrees of successful handling.
Whatever.

What does it mean to be human?
I live. I die.
But what about inbetween?

Heaven help me. I think I am going insane. But, I feel pretty clear about it. I guess I am not going insane.

I miss my family. My mom, were she here would laugh and play with Will so I could take a bath or work on my craft (which will bring me both pleasure and money).

I miss my friends… their familiarity, their wisdom, their stories and jokes that would make me laugh and help me cope with the hard parts of being a new mom and life in general.

I am making friends here but they are new moms too and it takes a while to grow a friendship like the ones I grew in Portland. I am thankful for what I have here in the Bay Area but I sure am missing family, friends and familiarity: Portland.

Spellin It Wrongg

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I have noticed that my spelling skills have decreased a bit after birthing Will. I have to retype many words I write and go back and edit emails and posts. Sometimes I do not even notice until the next day when I reread a post that I have spelling mistakes. Partially this is due to writing my posts late at night or at a time during the day that I am so tired that my eyes are not working very well. I am still sleep deprived and my brain is not working at full thrust.

I have been emailing back and forth with a couple of new moms that I have met and have noticed that they too have this spelling issue. I therefore hypothesize that new moms can’t spell. That’s ok becuase they are doing other things that are more important like caring for the new life that just came out of us.

I would like to send out love and blessings to all the new moms out there. It is quite a challenge and they deserve a lot of love and support. New moms, heres to you: xoxo.

love,
~Christine

Work In Progress

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I just finished and tried to upload a post about a yoga class we took today. It has vanished. I have been working hard to get chores done and I just finished feeding the baby so now was my time to post. Oh dear. Well, things are getting a bit easier and I am starting to develop patterns in my days but I don’t feel like I get enough done and I certainly don’t get enough sleep. Well, there are lots of things to learn about life through motherhood. I love my little cutie pie and want to be a great mom so I know it will all work out in time. It is working out now, I just feel a bit coo coo now. Well, I better call this good and go be with my family who have been sleeping now for a while. Soon it will be time to feed again.

Goodnight.