Tuesday, May 15, 2012

All Over Again

My apologies for my delay in regular postings! Returning to a semi-normal work schedule takes much of my energy for the day and the summer has had a busy start. I celebrated a birthday last week and was able to spend some time at the beach with my childhood best friend and sweet grandparents. We also celebrated my grandparents' 57th wedding anniversary! While biased, I am fairly convinced that they are the sweetest and most devoted couple to grace this planet. It was so nice to celebrate a birthday after such a difficult past several months. I can't imagine anything better than sitting on the beach, talking to my best friend about life, work, families, love, and all things silly. I am quite sure that we were meant to be sisters in another lifetime as she truly seems to understand what I am feeling and thinking better than anyone. I continue to face some unique and challenging decisions in the coming months that I hope and pray will bring a renewed sense of peace and purpose, as well as increased physical health. While I tend to be the type of person who remains routined and hesitant to embrace change, the past year has allowed me to practice being a bit spontaneous and unconventional! One of my favorite new trends in the blogging world, especially for females, is mid-week confessions. Mid-week confessions allows those of us who tend to be lifelong perfectionists an opportunity to laugh at ourselves a little bit, embrace our "un-perfectness," and take comfort in the fact that so many others allow themselves to have imperfect moments in the midst of life's craziness. Here are a few of mine for this week: 


1. After many recommendations from my doctors to avoid chocolate as much as possible, I indulged in a mint-chocolate-chip brownie sundae with chocolate fudge at an ice cream parlor at the beach!
2. I chose to cancel my regular morning work-out routine so that I could watch a DVR'd recording of MTV's 16 and Pregnant. In my opinion, the show is an absolute train-wreck and wrong on so many levels, yet I'm addicted!
3. Every evening, when I eat dinner in the hospital cafeteria, I take one of the honey packets from the condiment station. I now have a stockpile in my cabinet for my evening snack which consists of a whole-wheat waffle with peanut butter and honey!
4. I screen ALL of my calls to my cell-phone.
5. I sent an e-mail thank you note for a birthday gift so that I didn't have to use up my ultra-cute stationary.


Well, there you have it! Feel free to share your own mid-week confessions so that I don't feel too terrible. I guess in the grand scheme of things, my mid-week confessions aren't too earth shattering and I will continue to embrace my "un-pefectness." I suppose if my grandparents can embrace each other's flaws for fifty-seven years, then I can learn to embrace my own. My sweet grandma whispered to my grandfather over a celebratory dinner of local crab cakes, "How fast the years have flown by...I'd do it all over again." I think that might have captured the dictionary definition of love right there. Wishing for my blog followers experiences in life that are so powerful and special, you'd be willing to do them all over again, even if it wasn't perfect. Blessings to all you love in this world!

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