When there’s a lot going on in our life I often do a currently post, and now is one of those times! So much is going on, so I’ll just sum it up like this…
Obsessing Over
Harvest. I feel like I’m so not ready to be in the harvest groove and having Jay gone 16+ hours a day, every day. Home in the mornings, and me single-parenting and putting all 3 kids to bed by myself unless he’s home and it’s raining. I’ll be fine, I always am, it’s just a period of adjustment that seems so night-and-day from our regular routine. I need to sit down and make a harvest meal plan. I’ll be cooking every third night for up to 8 adults (plus one boy who as an adult-like appetite now) and 4-7 kids. “I can’t even”, as they say, think far enough into the future when we are going to be feeding 5 boys with man-sized appetites. Oof. I’ll also have to coordinate having someone take care of Braden and Ethan while I zip to Edmonton for Jonathan’s appointments, which he’ll likely have every 2 weeks for the first while.
Thinking About
The busy week we have ahead. We’re actually heading out to the lake today for a day trip (YAY!!!!) and then tomorrow me and the boys go to Edmonton for at least 2 nights for Jonathan’s first follow-up appointment with his surgeon and also to get fitted for his helmet. He needs a helmet to help shape his head properly from his sagittal synostosis repair. He will work up to wearing his helmet 23 hours a day for 4-5 months. If I’m honest, I’m expecting the very worst and hoping for the best. I cannot imagine, for myself, how it would feel to wear a light plastic helmet 23 hours a day, but I know he’ll eventually adjust…it just might be a rough transition.
I’m also thinking about how I dropped trying to do my Project 365 (366 this year!) for 2016. It was just too much and I couldn’t keep up…but I have also MAJORLY slacked taking photos. That changes today!
Doing
A lot of writing, which is so nice. Jonathan is in a groove of going to bed between 10-12PM and he sleeps for about 12 hours every night…which gives me my entire mornings free, which makes me incredibly happy and productive! I am going to be a semi-regular contributor for Grainews magazine/blog, and I’ve just submitted my first 3 articles. It’s great to have another outlet to share, and one that also helps to support my family. You’ll be seeing a few more sponsored posts on my blog in the next few weeks and I hope you like them. I never ever work with a brand or a company sharing a message that I don’t personally believe in. I actually turn down more offers, because it’s not a good fit for my blog, than the ones I accept.
Watching
The Olympics! I love it all! I’ll watch any sport, any time, but track and field has started and that’s my favourite to watch! The boys have loved watching the Olympics with us, and Braden’s innocence of how it all works gave me such a chuckle! We were watching kayaking and he said that he would like to “try that at the Olympics one day”. He thought anyone could sign up for the Olympics and just try any sport they wanted to. 🙂
Also obsessing over new (to me) shows on Netflix to watch with all of our nursing sessions. I watched all of “The Mindy Project” which I really liked and now I’m almost done “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”. Any recommendations? Just wanting something light and funny!
Loving
Life. It’s simple and cliché, but I don’t know what else to say. Just trying to take life day by day and not worry too much for the future, or I’ll drive myself crazy. I’m looking forward to the changing of seasons with harvest starting in the field and the kids going back to school and Jonathan closer every day to having a perfectly shaped head.
Also loving that with Jonathan’s helmet and appointments, it will give me a chance to reconnect and visit with a lot of my Edmonton friends. Often when we’ve gone (the last 6.5 years!) to visit, we feel we don’t have the time or energy to visit a ton of people. It was usually just my mom, my brother’s family and then GG on the way to or from Edmonton. Now that we’ll be there so often I am going to visit with friends we haven’t seen in years and I’m looking so very forward to it.
Have a great weekend!
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With you on feeling a little overwhelmed when I look ahead to harvest. But like you said, we'll be fine. We just have to remind ourselves to flow with the rhythm of our seasons the best we can. Have a fun lake day.
Sarah, it sounds like your doing a wonderful job and baby looks like he is doing well, harvest is a very busy time of the year here also feeding everyone is quite a choir, here also family comes from away to gather, one day I had 35 people here for lobster supper , I do look forward to winter, when I can do my own projects, I wish you a very happy and bountiful harvest. And I'm sure Jonathan will adjust to his helmet, it's a good time of year because it's getting cooler.
Sarah,
You have to be the bravest woman/mom/wife that I've ever known. What you share on the internet is a wonderful, healing alternative to so much of what is out there. Jonathan is one lucky little guy to have parents like you
That means so much to read, Steve! Thank you so much 🙂