Where I've Been

Skirt // Hat (old Forever 21 but similar here) // Tank // Bag: Rebecca Minkoff clutch // Shoes: Cole Haan // Jean Jacket: Target (similar here)

I'm shocked and a little confused as to how a whole month has passed since I posted last. I swear I've been wearing outfits, cute ones even to work. Sadly life has gotten in the way. So much life.

Going back to work has actually been great, it's just when that gets amplified, that the stress levels go through the roof. In this last month Andrew fractured his foot so it's meant a lot more of jobs that he used to be able to do are now on me. Athena pretty much has been a different kind of sick (thanks daycare) every weekend for a month. And I've had a monster load of parent teacher conferences both before and after school every day for two weeks straight. I scheduled all these before Andrew broke his foot so the mornings have been chaotic and then staying after has been hard. I hate leaving Athena at daycare too long, even though she loves it. I miss her and miss getting in our time together. 

As you know I love squeezing in my 6am workout at Core Body Pilates on weekdays before work but some of those I had to cancel last minute due to an early rising Athena or just sheer exhaustion on my part, or the general need to take a shower and wash/dry my hair before going to work. It's funny how getting up at 5 can be the busiest time of my day. I love that time before work when I can do some things just for myself, but every now and then a girl has to sleep and recover from all the craziness.

Another recent development was that we bought our very first new car. We have been surviving on one car since we moved to Salt Lake but now with me back at work and Andrew having a broken foot, he is no longer able to bike to work or take Athena to school in the jogging stroller. We needed a solution, and quick. We planned on waiting till the snow came and forced him off his bike but this injury expedited the process. Andrew put in tons of research to find the best Mountain car for us and we finally landed on the Subaru Outback. Now that we have it, It feels so weird to drive a new car. I feel like I'm driving a rental car. I've never had my own car, let alone a new car, nor have I ever cared what car I had or what it looked like. Chicago traffic consequences have a way of training you to not want a nice car in the city and I was totally ok with that. We kept our banged-up city Prius and now that is our backup car. We went from a zero-car family to a two-car family in just a few years. 

Hopefully with parent-teacher conferences over and the new car here, life will slow down a little bit so thanks for being patient with me while we made it through this rough patch.