If you’ve been wondering where I’ve been, I’m not quite sure where the time went! When I started this blog I had a plan: I’d blog at least once or twice a week. Not all posts would be long, but I had a HUGE list of topics so I figured: easy peasy, right? Wrong!
Life has been insanely hectic lately. October through December is the busy season for my makeup business, as people are throwing holiday makeup parties and events left and right, in addition to doing lots of holiday shopping for themselves.
The other part of it was my job at The International Kitchen, where I’m responsible for updating all pricing for 2016 — and with over 100 vacations, that’s a LOT of updating when you only work part time!
But anyways, I’m still here! I just got over yet another head cold (my second one this season already), but I’m back at it and enjoying this December even more than usual. I’m not sure what that’s about… maybe it’s because I feel like I’m in a good place this year? Maybe it’s also partly that Little Miss has become quite the fun little companion (and no, I’m not counting the days she pretends to be a pterodactyl)?
Whatever the reason, after all the busy-ness that’s defined the last couple months, I’m thinking about how to best recharge before we head into the new year. I used to curl up with a good book, or watch a movie. But with a toddler, I literally get a few minutes into either and end up falling asleep!
Luckily this “Winter” in Chicago has been crazy mild (knock on wood!) and our little family has taken to going on walks together on the weekends. (Walking around the block with a stubborn bulldog and a year and half old literally takes 45 minutes). I find that restful, and recharging, in its own way.
But what about me time? Me time… it pretty elusive after becoming a mama, isn’t it?
For me, personally, I take it moments here and there when I can… mainly when Little Miss is asleep. My me time — my time to recharge — is in the shower, in the quiet moments before she wakes up in the morning. Honestly it’s also when I put on my makeup. It’s how I get going, how I feel ready to take on the day. It only a few minutes, but sometimes it feels like it can make a world of difference.
Then again. It is about time for another hair cut and nail appointment — I’ll take those moments as me time too!
How do you reset and recharge? Or how do you spend your free time?
