Law Students

Resurfacing

By Anonymous

Tonight ends my 9-day, only semi-interrupted staycation, and I feel happy and rested and delightfully close to bored. I did some work at home on Monday, worked a very long day Tuesday, and have sent only a single work-related email since then. I spent Wednesday with our birthday boy, who danced this very special birthday dance upon awaking from his nap:

Together we spent several hours watching daddy coach and manage his swim school at their temporary outdoor location; we baked brownies for a few of our friends taking the Bar next week; we read books and made up animal noises neither of us had ever heard before; we laughed and chased and and danced and giggled. We opened presents and played with a new fleet of buses.

I re-read all seven Harry Potter books (my God they are good, I read them so fast the first time I couldn't fully appreciate the brilliance of their details), I wrote Landon's thank you notes, and then I didn't cross another single thing off my to-do list. JP and I took midday naps while Landon took his. I cooked big dinners. Landon and I made muffins and visited two new parks. We spent a day with my mom and Landon discovered the joys of gelato.

I head to Houston tomorrow at the crack of dawn to attend a deposition with a partner. I'm sad the week is coming to an end, but I'm ready to put certain parts of my brain back into use. This week has reaffirmed everything I thought I would love about staying home and everything I knew I would miss in that role. My working full-time is right for us right now, but it was nothing less than wonderful to spend 5 uninterrupted days floating somewhere in between.

Full post as published by Lag Liv on July 19, 2009 (boomark / email).