I took this week off work. It comes with a strange sense of relaxation and guilt for the work things I am not doing. But let’s just think about the good stuff. I am being full time mom this week!
As I write this, I am at swim practice with my daughter. It’s her first summer practice with her year-round team. I am so happy she’s here. She’s been swimming with her summer league team this summer, but she has a long course meet with her year-round team this weekend so I want to get her back into a big pool again.
It’s hard to make this team work for the summer. Most of the practices are during the day. I am fortunate that my in-laws help take her to summer swim practices. If they didn’t, she would be taken by her brothers which adds more drama and phone calls. 😂 I would like to get her to this practice more often, but I will just do what I can when I can and not let it stress me out too much.
The boys are at summer camp this week with the scouts. I want to be there, too. I was there earlier and will go back this week. My biggest reason for delaying the return is to get my daughter to this practice while I am off work. I do have to go back though. The troop needs me to bring something, and I need to camp out under the stars one night. My son also has a busted up nose so I need to bring him stuff to keep that cleaned up. It’s always something!!
It’s really crazy to me how I can take off work yet still be so busy just with what my kids and I have going on. I am just feeling blessed in my current moment watching my daughter swim while I drink iced coffee. It feels good to stop and live in the now for a moment.