Re-adjusting

Along with resoling, I am also readjusting. To life after Holidays. I've heard the sentiment is shared, but it feels like I look up after the span from Halloween to New Years and realize we've been in three months of beautiful chaos. Wonderful at the time, no doubt. But packed full of celebrations, travels, plans, and preparations and ending with an assimilation of an entire new batch of goodies to fit into our already taxed space.

Don't get me wrong, I love every second of the celebrations and the remnants, but I think this is where he resolutions come into place. It's as if you exhale from it all and realize, you gotta get a grip on this thing we try to function in daily. We resolve to turn away from the holiday indulgence of foods and the lax in normal workouts to make room for celebrations. Out of necessity we resolve to purge and cleanse to make way for the new excitements and the new year. We make lists of good habits to hope for as they fell by the wayside with our prioty preperations. The fun and relaxation has come to an end and the list of to-dos shows up in stark contrast.

So thus the readjustment.

Although my 'holiday break' consisted of one winter holiday day and an extra used day of PTO, it felt like a holiday break in some ways. Caris' school was closed and we had grandmas and aunties serving as babysitters in it's stead. That meant no drop-off, a little later sleeping and coinciding later bedtime, no fighting to get out the door, no pick-up, no late afternoon meltdowns, no rush to get home to get in dinner/bath/bed in an hour, and the bonus of fun family activities in the evening. It was refreshing.

Our return to roles of student and working-city-mom has not come easy. We've had a few of those morning bodering on disaster. Fighting over jackets, breakdowns at school, tears (from us both) on approaching long days away, tardiness, and forgetfulness. It's been a bit rough at times. But the return to routine has not been without benefits. Primarily a return to a Caris who minds and follows directions.

We've spent the past few weekends purging, re-organizing, and re-arranging. We have a ways to go yet. But thanks to Caris' new closet from Susie and JJ, I feel we at least have her room under some control. Office and the remaining rooms are still pending...

So thus the new year has so far been one of readjustment. I had one succesful morning with resolutions: early arousal, workout, juice, ready before Caris, on time for work, breakfast made. The rest have been interrupted by Caris attempting to wake up early enough to see 'My Daddy' and my futile attempts to encourage additional slumber. Well futile for Caris; usually succesful for me which throws my whole morning into dysfunction. Fun times.

So we continue on. Trying to resolve and attempting to readjust.

Also, isn't todays date so great? 1/11/11. A perfect date for resolutions and readjustments to realign.