HERE!

I am here!  I have been very very busy.  I have a project at work that is taking up so much of my time that even at home I am working on it.  Since I have to walk all the way down the stairs to get to my computer to blog, I just have not been doing it.  And, Mr. T. and I have got into Doc Martin on netflix, so when I am not working, I am watching that.  The kids have also been busy with dance and soccer.  And I have been training for a half marathon, well, I should have been training for it, but I got pneumonia.  So... I did not train as much as I thought about how I should be out running.

And you have thought we were remodeling out bathroom... well that kind of stopped too.  Actually, we have had so much juggling that not much is getting done.

My girlfriend once told me, wise sage she is, that she does not look for balance in her life.  To me that is freeing.  I have no real time for anything anymore.  But, I have two happy kids who love me to pieces, and I love them the same way.  I have a nice and handsome husband and a good marriage.  I have a stable job that obviously needs the work I do.  There is no balance for that.  When I quit looking for balance, it felt a lot less overwhelming.  There are times when my kids come first, and there are times when work comes first.  There are times when Mr. T. trumps everything.  And that is a good thing.  I think trying to find balance makes us too strict on ourselves.  We can't do it all, but that is fine.  No one can.

So, I am here, but busy.  I am happy and stressed.  We are making it work though.  We have no choice.

After all, as some people told me on a plane one time, it is just a short time in your life and it is so worth it.