All these little things, get bigger each day...

Let me be honest:  Sometimes my "day job" destroys me.  Lately I have been so busy, I feel completely burnt out.  My days have been non-stop, full force, all day and it leaves me completely shattered by the time I get home.  It leaves me wanting, so much, to figure out a way to balance it all, to make my passions my full time past time, but I know that's easier said than done.

I took a dance class with my friend, Jackie, the other night and it damn near killed me.  During the class, I found myself wishing it was over, and that just isn't like me.  But I think, after the work days I've been having, everything gets overshadowed with this gloom I've been carrying around with me.  It's not something I want to continue, because it truly makes every part of my life less shiny.  Yes, I just wrote less shiny and I feel like a total goober for that, forgive me.

My saving grace, day after day, is the boy.  If it weren't for him, I'm not sure how I would even function...I certainly wouldn't eat so well; I'd probably have scurvy.  

I guess what I mean to say, is that I know I am extremely lucky.  Despite everything that is happening in the world around us, the boy and I always have such a safe, happy and strong relationship to come home to....And we have so much fun together!  That makes everything worth it!  

Anyway, if you have been expecting an email or a package from me and are waiting for a response, let me just say, I am really sorry for the delay.  I plan to get caught up this weekend, this week has just been, for lack of a better word, nuts.  The salted, dry roasted kind. 

Here's a few things that are helping me through this monster of a week...

The boy and I are reading this hilarious book...That is to say, he reads it to me.  It's really really good!

learning songs on my uke!

The boy's apple crumble

my favorite dinner of the moment: The boy's tomato soup!