On my drive to school this morning, I was daydreaming and brainstorming about what I might write in my blog today. It got me thinking, about what the perfect slice of life might look like at this place in time and in my life.
It starts when I get home from school/ work. I walk up the stairs and my husband says in Spanglish "Buenas tardes, my darling. Good news! Pablo's birth certificate has arrived from Argentina." He approaches me with Pablo in his arms, the three of us have a family hug and Pablo giggles like a 10 year old when Andres and I kiss.
It's hot outside so Pablo and I decide to walk over to my friend Deseree's house for a swim. She has her own pool on her roof top. It's about 4x 3meters and on a sunshiney day with a cloudless sky around 4 pm, there's not a better place to be in Kuala Lumpur. I sprawl Pablo on the bed to change him into his bathing suit, his grin runs from ear to ear and he lays his arms and legs passively on the bed, letting me take off his clothes and get his swim clothes on. Within minutes, the four of us, Des, her baby, Eli, Pablo and I get in the water and float around, playfully splashing. Smiles spread smoothly like jam on toast and we get a much needed cool off from the heat.
About 30 minutes later, Pablo and I return home to his father saying, "Go read, go take a nap, go ... I got this, Mama." So I pass Pablo on and get about 30 minutes of ME- time.
It seems so simple and so do-able. But reality is, because of being a new mom, being about to move, a lot of commitments falling at the same time (SOL, making charity items, food reviews, etc), it's not easy to get quality time with my son, for myself, and especially with my poor husband. There are hardly enough minutes in the day.
We had a chat yesterday about shifting our mindset on success and that sometimes success needs to look different for where you are in your life and what you are doing. It seems like a mantra that I need to remind myself of.
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Great connection to the faculty meeting. You have to give yourself grace to accept what you can not change/control and at this point there is lots outside of your sandbox. It was fun to read what your perfect slice would look like. I admire that you were already thinking about it in the morning- my brainstorming comes about 12 hours later.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this idea...what a wonderful slice! I got caught up in this line: "...on a sunshiney day with a cloudless sky around 4 pm, there's not a better place to be in Kuala Lumpur." It can picture it perfectly and feel how relaxed you must feel when that moment arrives. :)
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