Observation #19: You have to savor the little pockets of free time...
I would say one of the biggest changes in my life right now is that I am pretty much at the beck and call of my newborn, meaning if he has to feed, then I have to drop what I am doing and feed him; if he needs to be held, then the longest I (or Kevin) can ignore him is probably about 2 minutes - until his whimpering turns into a full out cry; if I hear the rumble(s) of poop coming from his direction, then my conscience won't let me go too long without changing his diaper. This will hopefully change in a few weeks, or maybe a few months, but for now, Justis is only a month old so I can't blame him for being so needy.
And of course there's the 2-year old...
So free time (meaning just time for myself to do stuff unrelated to baby/toddler/cooking/cleaning) is obviously rare and when it comes, often short. Case in point, it has taken me a span of 3 days to reply to a friend's email. Each day I have gotten about a paragraph and a half in. Another example: I started doing Jillian Michael's 30-day Shred, which is a 20-minute workout program, and it took me 3 tries to finish the video today because I kept getting interrupted. Right now I am having an unusually longer pocket of free time (hence the blogging), and I am trying to remind myself to savor this time. And just even enjoy doing nothing, instead of trying to fill it with more to-do's.
So I will keep this entry short and just relax....... until Justis cries for me.
