Right now

So I think it is time for one of my long rambling posts… no pictures, just thoughts today.

On one hand, I’m fully living the stress of these times as my husband and I scramble to figure out how to live off of 40% of the income we had a year ago.   On the other hand, I’ve never been more rich than I am right now. I’ve never felt more inspired and I have never felt more gratitude for everything I do have:  My family, my health, my connections with others, my LIFE.  We have been super busy these last few days… with skiing, hiking. valentines at the gym, spanish, the library (three times in the last three weeks!) the nature center, and just life at home.  We are deep into a math block and Drew is really putting things together with numbers right now.  I feel so blessed to be able to watch him make these big connections.  I feel so BLESSED to be home with my children.  Hadley is a pure joy these days. As Drew puts it ‘Haddie is always smiling… except for when she is crying.” And well, she does not cry much at all!  She is still stuck in reverse, and today we rescued her from completely under the couch… we rescued a few dust bunnies too.  Oh yes, I do miss my cleaning lady.  But it isn’t so bad.

Right before Haddie was born I felt this strange urge to move… not that I wanted to, but like it was coming, or like it was time.  And right now there are so many signs in my life that it will be happening.  I am also feeling that intuition, or sense that we will be moving to Austin.  There are just so many signs.  Right now there are two positions Andy is vying for, one in the irrigation industry, one outside of it.  I just wish Netafim would pick up the pace and make a decision already.  It has been more than two months now of waiting, and waiting, and waiting.  But I think there is also something to be said for being grateful for not getting what we think we want… Had Netafim offered Andy the position a month ago– he would not have found this new position (in ecommerce– could be pretty exciting) to apply for.  And he probably would not have the opportunity to build this new ecommerce store that he is starting.  Hmmm.. I am talking a bit in code, because I can imagine Andy does not want me to get into detail about everything he has ‘in the pipeline’ as he would say.  But it is my blog… and I can say a little….

And I do like that I have now found the italics button… how fun is that!!?  Time to make dinner and pull my head out of the computer!