The child has an ear infection, I am severely congested with no energy, and the dog is antsy because she needs a walk, but the sun is shining and it’s a beautiful day. And that makes me feel good.
My goal was to post 2 blogs a week, but this week has certainly thrown me for a loop. Child has been down with the cold and not getting any better, so after a second visit to the doctor’s this week, it’s been confirmed she has an ear infection. A slight sigh of relief, since we didn’t know what was going on, but now she’s on the road to recovery, yay! But she hasn’t been to school at all (and it’s only her second week!) and now I have her cold, so I haven’t had the luxurious free time to write that I had last week. Ah, but it’s okay. I’ve traded free time for sick snuggles, popsicles and endless episodes of Curious George.
So while she’s napping, which I should be also, I have a small window to write a bit. And drink more coffee.
It’s been a trying week, between staying inside with a sick, whiny child, getting sick myself, trying to find a job and having serious conversations with the man about the future. But while getting J’s breakfast ready at the crack of dawn this morning, we saw the most beautiful sunrise through the kitchen window and I just felt the stress sighhhhh away from my body. All at once, I saw the 3 of us (4, with dog) experiencing sunrises like that all the time while we’re on our camping-across-America trip and it made me SO optimistic and excited for the future. Which is a direct contradiction to how I was feeling when having said serious conversation days ago. Whew.
If all it takes is a sunrise to make me happy, then bring it on nature.
Wonder Drive 