So now, it's back to regular life. I pulled out my paper planner (because I'm still cool like that) and started the list of all the things I need to make sure gets done. The list never seems to end, church, school, finding quality activities for the kids, making sure we get to the doctor, getting the house organized. It's been nice being away for a couple of weeks from all of the normal worries.
Going on vacation sure puts life into perspective. Things I missed before come into focus and it always seems to help me be more motivated to improve. It was also a time of a lot of contemplation with the upcoming move of my parents to Chicago. They were busily getting things cleared out of their house in preparation for this big life change. I'm excited for them to go and have this new adventure but it has taken some adjustment for me to think of them not in my childhood home. Through this new lens, I saw my childhood home and situation with new eyes. I always thought that it would be home to me but over the last year I've felt the shift of "home" move east to Virginia.
This morning, I dropped Leo off at school and Amy and I ran into see the cherry blossoms. The peak of the blooms was last week but I was still happy to see some blossoms. They are my favorite thing to see in the city. I still remember seeing them for the first time in 2005 as an intern and all alone in a new city. Sometimes, I have to take these moments to see beautiful things and let the list go out the window for the morning.
