Friends

Today is a beautiful Spring like day.  It reached over 65 degrees, and after a very long winter, I'm feeling hopeful.  Sorry for the lack of blog posts.  It's been a long, cold winter.  But today I'm excited to report I feel renewed.  We met up with a couple of friends for lunch, and I was so uplifted by spending time with these sweet girls.  When I get together with friends, I remember I'm more than just a very tired mom who falls asleep putting her children to bed at 7:30 (true story,  most nights this is actually what happens).  I remember that I'm fun sometimes, that I love to travel, explore, laugh, and blast the radio when the windows are down.  It's a part of myself that sometimes gets buried by the drab and dull routine of every day life... dishes, cooking, laundry, working, and feeling an endless need to nap.  I sometimes wonder if all young-ish moms feel like me (maybe moms in their early twenties don't count), or if something is seriously wrong with me.  I know I'm anemic and that brings on fatigue, but seriously!  I don't think I'm depressed, although maybe just a little with the winter doldrums.  They usually hit around mid-January and don't go away until about mid-March, but beyond that I think I'm okay.  Anyway, the point of this post is NOT to dwell on those things that have made January and February so very long... but to look forward, to have hope.  Today my friends and I planned a trip to New York City for my 35th birthday to see Newsies on Broadway.  I think having something to look forward to can make all the difference.  And maybe it's not a warm tropical beach, but I'm not much in the mood to be sporting a swimsuit anyway.  I love my friends.  They are the chocolate chips in my cookie.  Without them I am rather bland, but they remind me of the best me that I can be, and I love that!  

So thank you sweet friends.  You inspire me, uplift me, and give me much to look forward to (no offense to my husband on this one... I love him, but girlfriends have a special way of helping when no one else can).  Here's to the chocolate chips in my life!  I love you all:)