Into my own little world...

Yes, hello, again.  I've been away.  And I'm sorry I've left you without nuggets of my craziness, and kept them all to myself.  Trust me, my kids and husband are dying for me to share with you again.  :0)

No really, I missed you.  I missed writing. But, I've been feeling overwhelmed.  Have you ever been so overwhelmed you almost didn't notice you were overwhelmed?  I mean, maybe it's become my norm, and instead of freaking out, I've crawled inside myself.  I've been reading like a madwoman, which is a refuge for me - a love, an addiction, something to do other than to think about all the things that need to get done.

I've been feeling overwhelmed mostly at home, and out of sync because instead of being overwhelmed at work, there has been time to do things.  But, I've been super lonely at work.  My old team, the people that sit near me, my friends, are doing a "remote pilot".  This means that they work from home, everyday for two months.  For me, this means that I sit by myself, looking out my window, listening to my headphones, looking forward to trips to the bathroom because at least I might have a conversation with someone.

As a result of all of this, I've crawled into myself, built my little crazy blanket fort of loneliness around myself, grabbed my book and my iPod and pulled away.

I noticed yesterday exactly how much I had pulled away, and noticing that, made me also notice how much stuff needs to get done that I haven't been doing - at work, at home, everywhere.  But now, where to start?  When to start?

Thankfully, someone suggested I send them pictures of my kids today, making me peruse the trove of pictures that I haven't yet shared - so first thing to do - upload my pictures and share them with you.

We've been busy this past few weeks.  Tony and I celebrated an 11th wedding anniversary.  I got a haircut (not pictured), and we took the girls for coffee cupcakes at Panera.

We joined family for their Octoberfest, in which the girls' cousin Hannah danced.  We got some great pictures of the girls altogether.

We had a big 5th birthday for Miss Mia, celebrating with Chuck E Cheese.

Tony's been upset with Mia's fashion sense.  I'm just taking pictures so that I can wear these outfits when I pick her up from High School functions, or when we all go to the grocery store together when she's a teen.

And, we've been getting some extra snuggle time.  And snuggle time is good.