Waking up in New England...


It's been a long week folks. As you may have read, I was in Austin, TX this week. I flew home yesterday afternoon and got home close to 10pm last night.

There is no 'easing back into' being a mom. It never really ends, but when I am away I have faith in my husband and his ability to take care of things - at least I didn't come home and find my Faberge Egg missing (note the Risky Business reference) or that no one fed the cats all week because I wasn't there to remind them.

Now whether or not anything else is wrong, I have not noticed yet - but I have faith.

My plan this morning: Get up and get in 3 miles at sunrise.

Reality: I slept in.

The product of this of course is that I ended up in a foul mood and even went so far as to pick a fight with my husband (sorry honey).

Tomorrow calls for a 5 mile run - and I deserve it. That will teach me to sleep in :)

Also - tomorrow is Saturday....and it all looks good on a Saturday morning right?

Until then...hoping to stay out of my own way.

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