Pirate Summer\u2019s<\/a> been good and all\u2026but this ship needs to sail or sink because if I have to say, \u201carrrgh\u201d, after another sentence\u2014 I will break something and it\u2019ll probably that inflatable parrot the kids have been fighting over all month.<\/p>\nLord, give us mercy.<\/i><\/p>\n
Wait\u2026we sound likes<\/i> Gollum\u2026.this is the reality of writing to your future self\u2026creepy pronoun use.\u00a0 Anyway\u2026do you see what the summer has done to us?\u00a0 Scatterbrained we are!<\/i>\u00a0 Completely scatterbrained.<\/p>\n
Which is why I\u2019m concerned about the temptation too much time and opportunity poses us once the kiddos go back to school. As you know, we are Type- A to the \u201cT\u201d. We\u2019re constantly thinking of the next project or commitment. Full of energy and overwhelmed with vision\u2014we are a woman who gets stuff done.\u00a0 Quickly.\u00a0 Efficiently.\u00a0 Completely.\u00a0 We love the satisfaction of a job well done, praises from\u2026 just about anyone for our work ethic, and the validation that our contribution matters. Combine all that with the new life of Boston in the fall and we\u2019re set up for failure before we kiss that last baby goodbye.<\/p>\n
Boston in the fall is a flurry of possibilities that you, my dear, are incapable of handling without a little intervention.<\/p>\n
So here I am. Worn-down and busted.\u00a0 Overwhelmed with the noise of life and ready to run away I\u2019m here to intervene in our very best Gollum voice:<\/p>\n
We needs a break! We wants some boundaries.\u00a0 We hates being over-whelmed!\u00a0 We hates it!\u00a0 We hates it!\u00a0 We hates it forever!<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/i>If I don\u2019t tell you this now while I\u2019m ready to give Summer a long kiss goodnight, I know you\u2019ll easily forget the reality of life without margin. When the weather drops and your hands are cupping a mug of creamy pumpkin spice perfection\u2014you\u2019re gonna feel like superwoman.\u00a0 But, you\u2019re not.\u00a0 Remember how you feel right now.\u00a0 Remember that:<\/p>\n
We gets tired. We gets cranky.\u00a0 We gets frustrated. <\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/i>And we come unglued.<\/p>\n
Yes, summer was awesome, but let\u2019s breathe in fall a bit before you suffocate us with schedules and commitments.<\/p>\n
Take a minute and remember the summer we just had.\u00a0 For three months we were a kick-ass mom.\u00a0 That\u2019s not vanity.\u00a0 It\u2019s truth.\u00a0 We were present for our babies the whole summer.\u00a0 We read, played, swam, planned, danced, baked, crafted, cuddled, celebrated, and ate.\u00a0 Ferociously.<\/p>\n
We owned this summer.\u00a0 Never forget that.\u00a0 Summer of 2013\u2026we rocked your world, baby!<\/strong><\/p>\nRemember this piece of awesomeness:<\/p>\n