I have not posted an update in almost a year, and that year has been quite tumultuous. So, very quick run down. I was pregnant and gave birth to my son this past spring. We moved from DC to State College, PA, sold our house, and I kept my full-time job, now working it remotely. We're currently in the process of buying a new home, and I can't wait for that to happen. It has been a period of unrest and change, and I am ready to settle back down again. I love our new area. I can pitch the hell out of State College as a Penn Stater. It is every alum's dream to come back and stay for good. I am living it. I get to do a job I love in a place I love with my even bigger family. I am ready to make this work.
So! If you follow me on Instagram, you know I have still been keeping busy with cooking and parenting. I am nearing the end of my maternity leave, hopefully around the same time we will be closing on our new home. Things will someday speed back up, but for right now, I am holding my son as he sleeps and considering how a year can change a person.
I am not sure what the direction of this blog will be now. It has always been about me and my ideas, so that will naturally stay the same - probably just less urban. State College is like a suburb with no city, unless you count the university. It really is more rural than anything, but it doesn't feel that way. There is a lack of rushing that is refreshing, especially as summer rolls along. The sky is blue and sunny today with a few clouds, it is warm without being oppressive yet, and I have the space to breathe. I battle internally with wanting to do more, but I am used to the feeling.
Some topics I may write about in future posts: tandem nursing and nursing aversion; my picky-eater Angel Pie, and the issues she's been having with her promotion to big sister; and how I took to the baby blues and changing hormones this time around. It will be helpful for me to hash these things out, and it may be helpful for you to read them. I am a different person lately, and who knows how much of that is due to lack of sleep. I want to live the best life I can, and writing may help me do that.
So for now, let's embrace summer and not try to rush it for cooler months, as I am wont to do. I want to live my life and enjoy my time, the right now time, and not keep looking for someday. What I am doing right now is not good enough - it is just plain good.
