With the school year, I have found myself extremely busy. This blog has essentially fallen by the wayside because I just don't have the time for much outside of work and Johnny, and in the moments I do find, the only thing I want to do is sleep. -- Not that sleep has gotten any easier. To top things off, I ended up sick and in the hospital again, which then meant taking a week and a half off of work and staying in bed endlessly, while trying to juggle the kiddo's wellbeing at the same time. Thanksgiving break has come and I am just now (three weeks later) starting to feel like myself again, though still, very tired. Steve has taken the kiddo for the majority of his days off school, and I've spent the holiday with my mom, stepdad, sister and stepbrother.
It's been an interesting holiday break so far. I almost didn't know what to do with myself without the kiddo under my feet, but I really felt that it made sense for him to be with his dad since Steve's family came in from out of town and my side of things remained very small. I picked him up this morning and took him to church with me. We headed back out to spend some time at my mom's, and ended our evening at home marathoning his new favorite show: MasterChef Junior.
Every now and then I seem to forget that my son is my mini-me. This evening, as I'm working on laundry, Jonathan came over and sat down beside me. He cocked his head to one side, then ran his hand down my arm and said, "you seem stressed". He made me stop the laundry for a moment and told me he was going to help me relax. Then, he began to do the one thing that instantly helps either one of us: he began to draw on my back. Don't get me wrong-- I know a lot of people who enjoy that sensation-- but talk about knowing me well! We may not be able to read people to save our lives and we may have to ask a million questions to understand what is going on with someone else, but we can recognize when something is "off" about one another and know exactly what to do to make the world stop spinning quite so fast.
I think I'll keep him!
It's been an interesting holiday break so far. I almost didn't know what to do with myself without the kiddo under my feet, but I really felt that it made sense for him to be with his dad since Steve's family came in from out of town and my side of things remained very small. I picked him up this morning and took him to church with me. We headed back out to spend some time at my mom's, and ended our evening at home marathoning his new favorite show: MasterChef Junior.
Every now and then I seem to forget that my son is my mini-me. This evening, as I'm working on laundry, Jonathan came over and sat down beside me. He cocked his head to one side, then ran his hand down my arm and said, "you seem stressed". He made me stop the laundry for a moment and told me he was going to help me relax. Then, he began to do the one thing that instantly helps either one of us: he began to draw on my back. Don't get me wrong-- I know a lot of people who enjoy that sensation-- but talk about knowing me well! We may not be able to read people to save our lives and we may have to ask a million questions to understand what is going on with someone else, but we can recognize when something is "off" about one another and know exactly what to do to make the world stop spinning quite so fast.
I think I'll keep him!
