I miss blogging...

It's been so long since I've found the time to write. I am very comfortable, snuggly in my bed and my baby is sleeping right next to me. This is honestly the best feeling in the whole world. I can't wait until the day that this is how my day ends every day. I know I should wake him up and let him go home, but I'm feeling selfish and I want him next to me. I'll wake him up when I'm done.

I feel like I go through these phases where I feel so inspired, and usually these times come about when I'm feeling change, or feeling relaxed - going with the flow or surrounded by inspiring people.

I am definitely feeling so very inspired and excited about the people in my life right now.

First of all, and I know this might sound corny, but you know what...if you grew up in Michigan you'd understand - it's playoff time! I am so excited, seriously. I am so proud of where I am from and I seriously love my Red Wings. I think that Johan Franzen is my new favorite. Red Hot Johan, baby. Dan Cleary has been a total beast this series, too. I'm seriously impressed by him, but repulsed by his neck beard...ack! Hockey games are a huge part of my family tradition, so it feels great to spend alot of time at my parents and to see my brother so much. Lets face it, I just love to yell anyway, so it's a great excuse to get excited and jump up and down and scream. I really want to go to Joevision but I don't think it's starting until the next series. I have a feeling we'll be seeing the those damn Penguins again and I'm gonna go nuts when I have to see Crosby's ugly mug all the damn time.

Inspiration, inspiration...that's where I was going with this...VACATION! We just went on vacation to Frankenmuth and I had a really great time. There was a period of time where I was feeling really unhappy when I was there, and that was due to my own issues with myself and failure, and I realized during this trip that Dave has a way with me like no other. I spent a good 40 minutes alone with him in our room crying and I swear to you, he just knows what to do. It was awesome. Besides my minor freakout, I had a blast and got to see my friends for two whole days straight. I hardly get to see anyone anymore so it was a real blessing. I think that everyone had a pretty good time and I'm really glad we got the opportunity to go. I'm trying to figure out when our next trip to Kalahari should be! I want to go on vacation so bad. I'm pretty free from serious commitment this summer, so I want to rove. Hopefully I'll get that chance. I think I might even try just going somewhere by myself...I just need to get away from it all for awhile.

Also, I feel like art is everywhere right now. I've got such talented friends and the constant beauty I find in their artwork and even their everyday being is very inspiring to me. My cousin Emily has been working on a book, Sam is constantly producing masterpieces, people have been painting their homes and I really feel a wave of creativity ready to burst. I want to paint my bathroom, work on a couple of different manuscripts and do alot of painting/crafting this summer.

I think warm weather inspires me artistically too. Today I was jumping on the trampoline with Kiera, and feeling the warmth on my skin and hearing her little giggle just made me so happy. I spent alot of today doing things for myself (ugh, 3 Doctors in one day!) but it almost felt refreshing to get stuff done for ME. I started therapy again today, and I'm pretty excited about it. I need to do a little more work on me right now. Things have just been catching up to me and making me a little emotional, so I knew it was time to do a little more soul searching.

Other than all of this, I'm just livin'. No classes this spring, I'm thinking about maybe taking some in the summer but I'm not sure. I'm jobless, (well, not nannying...so I'm missing my BIG source of income) but I'm not too worried about it. Partylite and Gymboree should get me through the summer. I've got a couple of ideas for after that, but we'll have to see. It's almost kind of liberating in a way to not have a set path. That's maturity, for me.

I'm going to wake Dave up in ten minutes. He's adorable. I'm so glad that he has tomorrow off, he really needs a break. Tomorrow for me is watching Harper, then teaching some classes at Gymbo, and then going to see Terminator with the guys at night. Should be interesting, especially since I don't think I've ever seen the first ones, hahaha! All I know is I'll be back. I think that's from those movies....I don't know....

Sleeping Beauty just woke up, said mmmmm, kissed my arm, and he's already back asleep. :) I've gotta go, getting him to stay awake is never an easy task...<3