Oh WOW!! We are less than a week to go, people!!

Whirlwind of activity this weekend. Yesterday at church we had prayers from the congregation for our travel. For one service, one of our priests asked us to come up front so she had a chance to announce our travel, promptly followed by many, many tears and applause. It really choked me up. I was serving as the Vestry-Person-on-Duty for the day, which gave people plenty of opportunity to wish us well. If that wasn't enough love, the wonderful woman that threw us a baby shower presented us two gifts: a highly recommended booked called The Connected Child and a scrapbook of pictures from the first baby shower. I got teary all over again!!

Another highlight from the weekend is fitting in time with some theater friends while I can do so without a babysitter. We watched movies, went bike riding, had too much bad food, and laughed till our sides hurt. It really reinforced my desire to stay connected with people and try to be an authentic person, even with my new job as Queen Mommy.

Oh, and everything this weekend reminded me that Life is still good...too good to waste with stupid stuff!

The past week was emotional over-load for me. With so many things ending and starting at the same time, I have been a mess. I feel excited, happy, scared, relieved, depressed, sad, lonely, exhilarated all at the same time. Many folks reading this will insist that it is all normal as part of my transition to motherhood, and I am sure most of it is. But I've also had some big, BIG realizations over the past few months, right before adding two HUGE changes to my life!

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE change. I change things just for fun. It's just hard when you know things are or have changed but you don't yet know if you are dealing with a good change or a not-so-good change. But, whether I like it or not, the wheels are in motion and I'd better just hang on! It is about to get wild!