Number 3 and 4 first joined the swim team six years ago. They swam on the town team which only swims in the summer and practices in the lake at the town beach. It’s a rinky dink little team, but it was the perfect introduction to swim team for them. They both loved it. Of […]
balance
Still searching for the gray.
I used to go see this therapist who was amazing. She literally helped me turn my life around. But she was a fucking disaster. Her office was a mess, her car was a mess, and her appearance was also a mess. I found it a little bit ironic that someone who was helping me to […]
Powering Down
I overdid it today. I exercised too much, had too many things to do, didn’t take one break all day, didn’t eat or drink enough, just got home from coaching a swim meet, and I feel awful. My former self would have written a post at all costs. Because, well, because that’s what I do. […]
Still working on that balance thing.
The past five days have been a little crazy. I surprised my husband with a weekend away, which, in and of itself was a miracle. So the couple days before that, running around trying to get stuff lined up was pretty much a blur. I didn’t even get to write about that yet. Then I […]
Today it’s about us.
I’m having a great weekend. I want to tell you all about it. But today my priorities need to shift. My priority isn’t my kids. It’s not me. It’s my marriage. So that’s it for today. Today, my marriage is the priority. And tomorrow, I’ll tell you all about it. PLEASE […]
I’m no Nadia Comaneci, but I’m getting there.
Balance has never been easy for me. I’ve always been an all-or-nothing kind of person. And all-or-nothing means that one end of the seesaw is always either way up in the air or way down on the ground. My seesaw, historically, has never looked like this: It’s only recently that I’ve started to get a […]