Back to Basics

Mmmm. Feeling kinda cozy and happy right now, despite a lingering tiredness (no, I didn't get enough sleep last night either...I swear I'll go to bed early tonight). It's raining outside (something I love when I don't have to go out in it), which is a nice break after a couple of weeks of admittedly gorgeous CA winter sunshine. Josh and Eli are out at Home Depot; I've just had a nice relaxing hot shower and now I'm sitting here in the relatively clean, quiet house eating leftover crackers and cambazola blue cheese (oh shut UP about those soft cheeses being verboten during pregnancy, I'm not listening) with nothing truly pressing to do. Feels good. Good God, I'm glad the holidays are (almost) over. I am truly quite ready for a new year and am looking forward to a new start, a new attitude towards this daily treadmill.

It's been a relaxing, yet relatively productive day--after seeing off the last few houseguests who slept over after last night's traditional get together of close friends, the three of us have mostly spent the day hanging out together, taking down all the holiday deco and doing some house organization stuff. Nesting, if you will. And why not? It's a perfect day for it, a perfect time of the year to start to finally begin shifting focus and turning inward. Back to basics, as it were. Home. Family. Self.