I have felt good this week. The sun came out. It might literally be that all my mental ennui is due to cloudy weather. Would I be happy all the time in a more temperate climate? Maybe I need to move to the South of France?
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I have recently struggled with focus in work (and life). I have days where I just... can't think. On Tuesday I was given a big exciting project that involves thinking and doing new stuff and presenting data and making a data backed business case. I'm kind of excited about it, although nervous because I have almost no time to finish it before I go on holiday. I made a list of everything I wanted/needed to do in work before my holiday and an estimate of how many hours it would take to finish it and then I looked at my calendar and I started blocking out time to see what I could realistically do before I go away. It feels much better than chaotically moving from one task to another depending on how slow my brain is feeling. I'm hoping I can keep it up.
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Today I have 2 extra hours of childcare. I decided not to make plans for the time, but to just do whatever stuff I wanted to do. I spent some time working on photo albums - Aubrey and Clara both had 7 photos in Feb so their updates were easy. I am saving Ezra and Lily and Family album for later since it includes the France trip and there are A LOT of photos.
While in snapfish I decided to order the 2025 Album I've never finished/printed. I added some missing text and then bought it! And I got the best discount I've ever seen - 60%. I thought 50% was the best, but now I'll know to hang on for 60% in the future
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Photo albums are a good reflection of how much things change between summer and winter. Winter just... sucks. I am not sure what can be done about it... Hygge is all well and good but it's not enough to carry from October to March. I realize Fall is in there too... but I feel like fall is about a month long and then winter is 5 months. I think bears have it right and next year I should plan to hibernate for all of January and Feb and come out on the first sunny day of March
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I can tell other people are also coming out of hibernation now, I've had texts off people I haven't seen for ages inviting us to play dates, which is nice. This afternoon we are meeting up with a friend of Lilah's who I haven't seen since October. It sometimes feels that our October Pumpkin Party is the closing ceremony of our social life. Maybe we need an Easter themed Opening Ceremony?
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I also used my childcare to check into our flight to Portugal. The reality of life with 4 kids hits me at different times and in different ways. This is a lot of passports
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