Fast and slow
It’s a nice slow moving Saturday afternoon. The little man kept me up much of the night, so he and Scott let me sleep in this morning. When I finally emerged from under the covers coffee was ready, and I settled down on my much improved (although still in need of reupholstering) couch for a hot cup o’ joe and a windmill cookie. Yum!
I picked up the windmill cookies at the local health food store (Bonne Sante in Hyde Park) after getting a much needed haircut. I had been putting the haircut off since I didn’t know what I wanted. Finally, I decided I just felt too shaggy and unkempt, so I asked my Mother-in-Law to come and stay with Victor while I went out. I still didn’t know what I wanted, and was seeing a new hair-dresser. I took a leap of faith and just gave her some guidelines, we chatted, and now I have a nice hair cut, a new hair-dresser, and I had an afternoon out without any worries, which was more relaxing than I had anticipated. I have a great family that supports me, for which I am eternally grateful, even when I don’t take advantage of it. I did take advantage of it this last week, and now I have a couch that no longer sags, a new super cool bookcase,
thanks to my talented Father-in-law and Scott, and a nifty new haircut thanks to my Mother-in-Law, and a little more sleep thanks to Scott.
Even on a slow Saturday afternoon, I am aware of how quickly time passes by. Victor is already over 4 months old. At this time last year, Scott and I were discussing how to best share the news that I was pregnant with our family. Now we have a baby who is growing at an amazing pace, who since Thanksgiving has learned how to laugh and roll over from his stomach onto his back. Watching him figure out… everything, it fills me with wonder. While he naps (he’s falling asleep on my lap right now), I get little odds and ends done, like knitting, rarely blogging, frequently reading blogs, and slowly adding inventory to the new store web page. My mind and notepad are filled with plans for new creations, and in time they will realized in wax and metal, little by little. While Victor quickly learns new skills, I am slowly learning patience.