I feel so disorganized right now! For anyone that knows me well, you know that this does not sit well with me! It’s kind of interesting how much life seemed to change for the ten days that we found ourselves in “limbo”; our days were essentially put on hold in a way and now that the dust is starting to settle, I find it almost comical how much all of the things we left neglected during that time were patiently sitting there waiting for our return!
I spent the better of last night cleaning our house. As strange as this is going to sound, I often feel like the state of my outward environment is a direct reflection of my emotional state at the time!! Scary but true! So in a hopeful attempt at getting our life organized again…I started with the house! It was very cathartic!
On another note…I have writer’s block! I’m hoping to have my official photography site up and running by next weekend and I’ve been trying to work on the “about me” portion of the site to no avail. Can you believe that? I’ve posted over three hundred blog posts and yet I’ve stared blankly at my computer screen for a week trying to find the right words to explain who I am. Ugh. Actually, I NEED the site to be ready by next weekend because I have five photo shoots scheduled over the next seven weeks and if it doesn’t get done now, it’s going to get buried in a pile of editing and it will end up being July before it ever sees the light of day. No can do!
A bunch of people have been asking me of late what Steve and I did to celebrate our good news last week and I’ve been intrigued by people’s curiosity. Mostly, I’ve been intrigued because had you asked me a month ago what I imagine I would have wanted to do in such a situation, I would have likely said something along the lines of going out for a beautiful dinner, with a bottle of wine and an indulgent dessert. Come to think of it, I think that’s exactly what Steve had in mind when he picked me up from work that night! On our way home, after relishing in each other’s sighs of relief he looked over at me and said “so, what are we going to do tonight? Anything you want…” Honestly, all I wanted to do was to go for a walk in the warm summer air (it was 28 degrees that day), watch some funny shows and peacefully read my book before going to bed. Steve was surprised…he didn’t think it was celebratory enough. But that’s what I wanted; I wanted to enjoy our life, our routine, our day…without the weight of our worry to carry around with us. So that’s what we did…we went for a nice walk after work and ended up at Starbucks & Chapters with indulgent drinks in our hand and too many literary possibilities in front of us!
That’s when we started realizing just how “demanding” this year has been on us so far. We’ve coped better than even we thought we would be able to but nonetheless…it hasn’t exactly been smooth sailing and it’s certainly left us a bit depleted. That’s when we realized how much we would love a vacation right about now; a break from our world for a little bit so that we can really celebrate what it means to cherish life right now instead of later. So we’re going to Italy…for our anniversary! It wasn’t exactly part of the “plan” for this year but neither was any of the crap we just endured…so we’ve decided to change the plan on our terms a little bit as well!! It is only fair I think!
Hello Italian wine!
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