Speaking of crazy busy...

Holy Blackberry Calendar, Batman!! I said I was busy and then I got busier!

• Started babysitting sweet little Jude. He is 2 months old, and just barely bigger than Jack was at birth!! He is adorable and I've loved him since I laid eyes on him at the hospital. However, I seem to have blocked out just how much work 2 month old babies are!! I am flat out exhausted by the end of each day. I love having him and wouldn't change it for the world. I have been given pause, however, regarding our own attempts at baby number two. Jack is old enough now to do a lot on his own. He gets his own snacks, goes to the bathroom by himself, entertains himself... Sometimes, he even does what I tell him to! Having another baby would mean lots of sleepless nights and many many diaper changes. Funnily enough, seeing Jude when he gets home from work has now flipped Wayne's view on the subject and he now would love to have a baby! Hahahahahaha!! I'll be watching Jude until the end of next week - otherwise, the school his mommy picked out will give away his spot. And since Wayne and I have no idea what our future holds, I don't want her to lose that.
  
• Took Jack to the dentist for the first time today. On the way there, he was soooo excited. We walked inside and he freaked out and said, "MOM! I'm scared! They're... strangers!" OMG! Seriously? Ugh! So we get into the back, he gets into the chair and the assistant who walked us back shows him all the stuff they'll be using. Then she leaves and the hygienist comes in, mask and all. Which starts the freak out all over again. We end up with me in the chair and him laying on top of me, head on my chest. After that, he did pretty darn well! He got his teeth cleaned and flossed, then the dentist came in. Jack was NOT a fan. The doctor tried to pry his mouth open... uhhh? Hello? Not so much a favored technique amongst children. Finally, I sweet talked Jack into opening up. Then, he did the panoramic x-rays and looked SO FREAKING CUTE standing there. Such a big boy. The hygienist told us to floss more often but he's got no cavities! And I got a good look at his 6 year molars forming in his x-rays. So cool!
  
• Speaking of big. The child has once again outgrown all his freaking clothes. He's now in a size 12 shoe. TWELVE!!! That's insane. I think his fall clothes will all be 5T's. He already could use a new hoodie because with all the rain the temperatures are all over the place.
  
• Wayne and I are doing well. Between babysitting and Mary Kay and playdates, I seriously haven't had the energy to do a lot around the house and Wayne has been really awesome. Helping me cook and do laundry and cleaning the kitchen. He's super stressed about the job sitch - his company has yet to release the names of the people who will be staying on in September. So he's just applying for anything and everything. His big "joke" is that he'll go work at Lowe's. Since he has all that experience in the paint department of Home Depot in Plano, Texas. Unfortunately, there are no FedEx Office corporate offices for me to work at! (Or I guess, it'd be Staples, right?)
• Speaking of Wayne... I guess I've been planning him to death lately. So next weekend, we're "doing nothing until we get bored and then we'll do something spontaneous." Hahahahaha!!! Actually sounds awesome!
• This weekend, though, I am heading to Tucson to celebrate Britt's 18th birthday with her and my bffl, Erin! (Also known as Britt's mom.) She is gonna shop til we drop. Also planning on lunch at The Cheesecake Factory and dinner at Red Lobster. Or vice versa. Then, we're staying in a hotel. More to come later!!!

So that's my life lately. Throw in a little cooking, a little jewelry making, some great friends and a whole lotta almost 4 year old attitude, and you've got the whole picture!

Lull

So, you know how you'll be crazy busy for weeks on end, thinking to yourself, "Ugh! I just need a day off to relax and be in my jammies and watch crappy movies!"?? But then, what inevitably follows that day is a seemingly endless lack of stuff to do. Suddenly, all those friends you had to cram into your schedule are busy with other things and you find yourself bored to tears, day after day after day. You welcome the change - or convince yourself to - for a bit. Tell yourself it's good to take a break and just be. You can work on those projects you've been neglecting. Clip coupons. Read the paper. Catch up on your 100+ Netflix movies... But then... as the days go by... you suddenly find yourself wondering what happened to your social life. Did your friends forget about you? Did you unknowingly commit a social faux pas that is preventing you from being included? Or is that just paranoia and cabin fever?
And when your life gets crazy busy again and you feel like you barely have time to breathe (much less get the housework done, cook dinners, have alone time with the hubby...), you don't want to take a day off because that would just mean the lull is coming again. You try to juggle all your friends and obligations. Keep everyone happy. It feels SO GOOD to be wanted, right? To have your friends literally jealous of time you spend with another.
Is that just me? Am I completely ego-driven to have said that out loud?
Anywho, I am DEFINITELY not in a lull these days. I have been going nonstop for what feels like forever. I took one day last week to lay around in my pj's but it really didn't feel too lazy because I still had Jack and dinner and other mom/wife stuff going on. And I am not, by any means, complaining about keeping busy. I love that I have so many friends that I had to get a Blackberry to keep track of my schedule. I love hanging out with everyone. But, as Wayne not so nicely pointed out to me - I don't always have to go to everything and go everywhere, everyday. (Of course, he meant it in a "You could stay home and clean this damn house, woman" kinda way, but he has a point.) I do feel a bit overwhelmed when someone asks me to do something and I have to look at my calendar for two weeks from now to find a free day. And if it's a Mary Kay thing, then I get a little panicky because I should be focusing on building my business yet I find many of my days filled with playdates or breakfast dates or lunch dates or movie dates or shopping dates. And I just love it. I don't know when I became the girl who never stays home... who, even on the weekends, when I'm supposed to be lazying with my boys, wants to figure out something to do. Who drags her husband and son to Target just to be out of the house.
Anywho... sorry to my friends that I haven't seen very often lately!! I'm averaging about once every two weeks for most of you. Seriously. It's a busy busy time. But don't worry - I will make time to see you. I promise. Just text/call me and we'll set something up... 2 or 3 weeks from now. ;)