So that is exactly where we are going for our vacation. Yayyy!!! We leave to the Outer Banks (OBX) early Wednesday morning and will spend the remainder of the week living on the beach in a cute little beach house. I can't think of a better way to clear my head. Except for maybe living on a lake in Maine all summer, which is what we did last year :)
Those of you who know me know that I am always doing dozens of things at once, juggling multiple commitments, exploring multiple hobbies and interests and areas of study, and loving it all too much to give up any of it. I read three or four books at once because I can't choose just one and what if I'm in the mood to read a comedy at one moment and a historical fiction the next? I changed my major in college more times than I can count and STILL have a running list of all the things I would like to do "when I grow up." At the gym I dabble in a little bit of dance, a little bit of yoga, a little bit of spin class, a little bit of pilates, a little bit of Body Pump, and so on... each day I like to try something new. At home I juggle laundry and chores with helping kids with homework and projects while also practicing my dances in the kitchen and figuring out a shopping list and dinner plans all at once. At 3:00 in the morning, I will lie awake in bed contemplating my Kindergartner's summer plans and come up with the perfect plan to make "play date" business cards to hand out to the parents of the kids in his class so he can maintain contact over the summer, then I'll go to the lengths of creating a template for the card I have in mind and come up with three different options and by 4:30 I'm completely engrossed in not only setting up playdates for the summer but finding summer camps and taking fun field trips around the D.C. area and creating a playdate adventure group. I just never seem to slow down. I'm a multi-tasking, constantly moving, always-working, ninja mom.
So, as you can imagine, sometimes I just want to take a step away from life and RELAX!
For the rest of the week I am going to try to not think about setting up the preschool curriculum for the classes I'll be teaching next school year, or the dances I still need to memorize for the June performance, or plans for my future education/career/business, or what colors to paint the rooms in my house, or how to go about saving the most money for our big move next summer. I'm just going to breathe. And live in the moment. What is it the yogis say? Be present. Be mindful. That's going to be me. And I always find that by the water, be it a lake or ocean.
(not me... I will replace with a picture of me after our big vacation this week... assuming I can get Jordan to take some yoga on the beach photos for me)
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