I am feeling ... overwhelmed.

It won't last. I know. It's just always hard to muttle through it, you know?

Things are fine, really, nothing awful. School is coming to a close, summer activity is gearing up. Plants are planted, pool's open and clearing out s-l-o-w-l-y, kids are excited, and energetic. I am just all a-buzz with the "details"

Did you ever see Bridges of Madison County? Remember the part when the weekend affair is over, and the family returns, and she is in the kitchen cooking / preparing / placing food on the table - camera pulls away, voiceover begins:

"my family returned, and I ... I started again, and returned to my life of ... details."

I think of that line so often. Especially at times like right now. I love, love, love my life. I feel so fortunate, and so blessed. It's really amazing to me how one family, one life can have this much to do - Teacher's gifts, cards to write, bills to pay, pictures to develop for gifts, more to take, ready the outdoors for guests in the evenings, weekend activities, birthday parties, dinner plans, girls night at school, Kinder graduation, young author's tea, field trips, helping mom dinners, girls night with my girl friends ... baseball games, hockey practice, gymnastics classes, piano recitals, going away for the 4th of July and vacation ....details.

All good stuff. Really super, great stuff, truly.

And no different than any-other-mother-on-the-planet! That makes it so .... so tolerable.

:)

Phewf. I feel so much better.

Validated, really.

Thanks. I needed that!

Off to sleep ... (not on the to do list, and really should be number 1).

More tomorrow about these deliciously intriguing little people that are completely rocking my world! I love them so much. :)