A Fresh Start :: Hush

I went for a walk today.  In the rain.  And it was glorious.

There's just something about the rain and I.  We are simply bff's and there's nothing that can be done about it. I love the sound, the feel, the strength of water falling from the sky.  And I especially love the way it makes things feel new.  Smell new.  Be new.  And so it seems appropriate, on this first day of 2013, after surviving the end of the world, to have a bit of rain coming down from above.

It's a fresh start today.  Really, most days could be a fresh start, but today it seems that every agrees that the future is the most exciting thing.  I could do a look back on 2012, but honestly that year was just crazy, and I'm not real big on reminiscing.  Not especially introspective, I guess.  The girl I was 12 months ago is a far cry from the girl I am today.  Circumstances, habits, dreams, plans, pant size - all of it has changed.  

So instead I'll look forward, with a large dose of excitement sprinkled with some trepidation.  This year, we'll have a baby.  That is straight crazy.  I suppose I should put that on my list of resolutions, if I want an easy win.  Right next to "gain 10 more and then lose 20+ pounds" as they are both bound to happen with or without my say-so.  

The hubs and I spent the day hanging out yesterday, and made up a few more goals, but only a few.  Personally, I think I'd like to try more new food.  I'm a bit of a weenie when it comes to that.  I'd like to read my bible more regularly, which I'm pretty sure has been on my list for the past 24 years.  But most of all, I'd like to learn to hush.  That's my world.  HUSH.  

I'm a do-er.  I don't generally like days where I sit around and just veg - I feel as though I have nothing to show for my 24 hours.  I do and run and talk real fast, and so very very seldom take moments to just hush.  To be in the moment, enjoy it for whatever it is and not worry about what it isn't.  To listen.  And that's exactly what I plan to learn to do this year.

The crazy in our house is going to go through the roof this year.  The stress is going to ratchet up and the pressure is going to mount.  All of this is going to happen at the same time as the quantity and quality of sleep decreases.  I know this.  It'll probably still shock me, but at least I know I'm 'bout to be shocked.  But still, or even more so, in this nutso time, I want to hush my spirit, hush my day, and live these moments.

May your new year start fresh, and may you find a moment of hush.  And may my baby quickly learn the meaning of the word as well :)

<3 M.

NY Resolution Fail

The only one I really meant, the one that I worked really really hard at, is busted.  Failed.  Kaput.

I've lost the cord to my camera.  I swear, I've been putting things back where they go, not just setting them down, I know I have.  I even took a little box and labeled it "electronics" and kept it in the room so I can put my camera cord and zune charger and whatever else, in it.

And now it's gone.

I have pictures on my camera, but I can't share them with you, because I'm about as responsible as a springer spaniel.  Just in case you feel like humoring/betting against me, any guesses for where it may have run off to?  And don't assume that because you've never been to my house, that you don't know where it could be.  Because really, any place you can think of is fair game.  Let me tell you, however, that I do not have a pantry, nor a garage, so those two are impossible.  Inside my chest freezer in my carport?  Totally a possibility.

I'm putting this on my wishlist, along with a cable for my kindle.

Because, you know, that's the misplaced item that started it all.

So, in case you want to enable my disregard for taking care of things buy me a birthday present...

Irresponsible to a fault,

TFW