Energy!

I am thankful that I have energy! It is strange to think how I felt at this time last year. I was expecting Kate, and I was so tired. Obviously, early infancy wasn’t much easier. Now that she is past 8 months old, I feel like my old self again. I don’t have to sleep forever anymore. I don’t wish I could get more sleep anymore. I have energy! It is wonderful. Energy is like health; it is easy to take it for granted until you lose it. Today I’m not going to do that; I’m going to spend a few moments being fully mindful of this blessing.

Today I

  • I slept in (till about 8:30–thanks Pdad!) because I stayed up very late last night, as is becoming my habit. (I did lay in bed for a long time thinking about my neighbors, being pained to realize that their tragedy is reality).
  • I took a shower, I put makeup on, I wore nice clothes. (Thank you Pdad, I needed that!)
  • Nursed, nursed, nursed. Kate is still not doing very well at all with solid food. This is increasingly frustrating, since I need to take some medicine but don’t dare to when so much of her diet depends on me. Also, I’d like to be able to leave her for longer than an hour. The upside is I am now at my lowest weight in over a year and that is after living on Snickers & Raisinets for days.
  • Did a big shopping trip at Costco–without kids! (Thanks again, Pdad! No more subsisting on Raisinets) In my unencumbered state I found that my ambition was way up. I came home with a fifty lb. bag of rice, sacks of russet and red potatoes, printer paper, milk, etc.
  • Did another grocery shopping trip for the non-Costco items.
  • Lugged all the laundry downstairs after everyone went to bed and sorted it.

I have energy yes, I do, I have energy how about you?

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November 4, 2007 | Filed Under Breastfeeding, Today's Gratitude 

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