life lately

Woooooooeyy.

Hello July?

JULY?

How is it already July?

Zoom zoom zoom,

make my heart go boom boom…

(supaaa novaaaa girl)

What’s up, party people?!

I don’t know where time has gone, but I know I’m livin’ this whole life thing and time just keeps getting stripped away the more I fill my life with joy and love.

I have no time, but I gnaw at it with so many things I love or things that my people love or things that are good for me. My heart is bursting with the feeling of being loved and loving others. It’s what consumes my world.

Summer is here, and so are all the events. The boys schedule is packed full with swimming and Mommy & Me classes and Storybook STEAM classes and story time and random events. We just did a dang Optimus Prime meet and greet with giant animatronic dinos. Their joint birthday party is this month, and I’m just trying to wrap my head around the fact that I am about to have a four and two year old.

Life is wild.

I am surrounded by really amazing people, though.

My parents are visiting this month. And I’m going into it with no expectations except to love them. I am glad they come. I am glad they choose to spend this time with me.

My best friend is about to give birth next month, and this month is her baby shower. I could just squeeze her every time I see her. I can’t believe all the lives we’ve lived together.

My husband is my best friend. And we actually got a babysitter for once and went to a wedding of an incredible couple friend of mine. And man, I just love my people.

I have been meeting some really beautiful people outside of my people (who are now my people), and my friendships have been flourishing in such a strong and stupendous way. It’s so cool to see. I have always typically had male friends, but the women I’m surrounded by have been just lovely. It’s like a blossom of female empowerment, confidence, conversation, chilling, doing cool things.

Ugh.

I have got to see and experience some awesome things lately.

Living in such a beautiful place has been life changing. It is everything I envisioned it to be, which maybe is exactly why it is the way it is. Everywhere I drive feels like a commercial or some shit, it’s just so damn pretty.

And there’s soooo much to do.

And not lame shit, which I guess varies by person, but there’s just so many OPTIONS. If you like the lame shit, it will be there. If you like cool shit, it will be there too. Choose any version of cool and lame and it is fucking there.

We took Remi fishing a couple weekends ago, and originally the boys fell asleep in the car so Trevor and I just drove.

Drove and drove and drove, just taking it all in.

And even though there’s so much to see, we managed to see a ton of beauty and still find a great spot to fish and be home before dinner. The spot we chose is like a seven minute drive from our house.

I watched a sunset with a rainbow while drinking atop a rooftop, as a friend of mine’s boyfriend played live music and she made origami. I got to see a friend I hadn’t seen in years.

I played card games at a bar during a rainstorm.

I traded food with my best friend so there was no food waste.

I went on a run tonight for, like, the first time ever (was never a runner) and did really fucking well. I’m now apart of the Nike Run Club LMFAO.

I am going to take photos at a yoga studio tomorrow night after attending a class for a woman that owns the studio and found me by seeing my writing online — a woman who has said some really kind and beautiful things about my work, and is now letting me photograph her space.

Which reminds me, I’m taking a 200 hour yoga class. I’m mainly just doing it to broaden my knowledge and challenge myself, but my goodness it feels good.

IT ALL FEELS SO GOOD.

Yeah, I’m at a really good point in my life.

But I have no time for any personal time. And when I do, I’m cleaning my house or painting my front door or working out or bathing or working on my book.

I am jam packed, but I want moooooooore.

I love to do so many things, I want to incorporate so many more things. I have so many more things to learn, study, observe, experience, intake, CREATE…

I’m slowly figuring it out with stability and focus, but I’m just soaking in all the infinite moments that go spiraling by way too soon.