This post won't have any photos. I'm sorry! It's just, Matthew and I have been BUSY lately, and the busy-ness hasn't really involved picture-taking. But I wanted to do an update anyway, which is, afterall, the point of this blog.
We're doing really well. Last week Matthew and I celebrated our 5-year anniversary! That sounds like such a long time (one fifth of my life!) and yet like nothing at all. It feels like we've done a lot in the last 5 years, and have some great things to show for our time together. Some tangible things, like our house, the business, our pets, and our little boy, and some intangible things, like knowledge gained through school and life experiences, wonderful memories, and a love more beautiful and great than we thought possible.
We kind of celebrated over the course of a few days. It was wonderful, spending so much time with Matthew over the weekend, but it admittedly made him going back to work today harder than it normally is.
On our actual anniversary we went out for breakfast, did a little shopping, relaxed, made and ate delicious ribs (a new favourite in our house), and watched Avatar. I hadn't seen it before, and I really liked it! Then the next day we ran some errands, picked some things up across the border and enjoyed lunch at a friend's house over there. I don't remember what we did in the evening Friday. Saturday we bought Matthew a new computer (so that he can play Starcraft 2 beta version) and some new t-shirts, and chilled. Then in the evening Rob and Kira came over and we had a great time hanging out with them. I'll say this on here because I'm pretty sure neither of them read this, but I really hope Kira sticks around. She's a keeper for sure, and I'd love to have her as a sister-in-law. She nicely completes the balance.
Anyway, yesterday we had church, choir, came home, took naps, ate dinner, and went to Matt's grandmother's for cake and ice-cream.
Today I tried clothes shopping on my own with Elijah. It's something I don't think I'll be repeating any time soon. He got really bored and fussy sitting in his carseat in the changeroom with me and would only stop crying if the stroller was in motion. Seriously, he would cry if I stopped pushing it forwards and backwards long enough to put my debit card back in my wallet! 3 months old and he already hates shopping.
Then tonight we had our first bonfire of the year (or for Elijah, first bonfire of his life!) at Matt's parents. We had a great time roasting marshmallows and just enjoying the beautiful weather.
Anyway, that's pretty much what we've been up to. It's nothing life-changing, it's just the little day-to-day things that contribute single strands of colour to the big and beautiful tapestry that is our life.
I've been working more on my day zero list, and I decided this evening that I want to jog in the Rankin Run for Cancer on May 29th. It's quite ambitious of me, as I've hardly been on the treadmill lately, but I think I can do it. I just need to work out every week day and work myself up to the 5k that I used to do. I hope to be able to jog the whole thing, but I'm not going to push myself too hard, because apparently that can increase your lactic acid levels and make your breastmilk go sour. And I wouldn't do that to my Eli.
Another thing that I've been working on lately is not feeling contention. Do you know how hard it is to swallow anger, and not fan the flame? Personally, I like to fan the flame. It feels good to rage, I'm going to be honest. But it is damaging to relationships, and sets a terrible example for Elijah, not to mention the fact that it drives the spirit from my home and sets all who see me into a grouchy mood if they're not careful. I don't want to "cast bad fruit" anymore, and I want to feel better about myself, so I'm trying really hard to take a more relaxed approach to life and not get angry, or quell the anger when I feel it coming on. Surprisingly, I feel the most tempted to get contentious when I'm in the car. It doesn't matter if I'm driving, I just get really annoyed by other drivers around me. So I'm working on that.
Oh, new in the life of Matthew: a sale this week at work, a new website up and running where he can post game replays and make money from ads, a new computer paid for by the business and our tax return so that he can play Starcraft 2, and a talk this weekend coming on mothers or respect. It's his choice. And I'm loving it. I can't wait to hear what he has to say, and not because I think, or even HOPE he'll talk about me. I just love when Matthew gives talks or teaches lessons at church.
Other than that, I'm going to Time Out for Women this weeked and I am way too excited. It'll be Elijah's first trip away from home, so that should be interesting. I'm looking forward to hearing the speakers and being spiritually rejuvenated. I feel like I need that right now.
So that's pretty much it! Like I said, we've been busy, but with little things. Life is good, happy and beautiful, even when I'm down, glum or grouchy, and I *think* I'm getting better at realizing that. It's a constant battle, but it's one I will win.
And now it's late and I really need to go to bed. I've been consistently going to bed between 11:30 and 12:30 lately, and that is just about the stupidest thing ever, in my opinion. Elijah has been going down between 8 and 9, so I'm wasting precious sleep time! But it IS nice to wind down. Which is what I'm going to do now.
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