Just another manic Monday....

It occurred to me as I started this post out with the title that I am a musical learner. If there was a way to teach brain surgery through music, I think I would be the best brain surgeon in the world! Why is it that I can remember every.single.word. to some random (and some might argue - bad) 80's song by the Bangles and I can't remember my own schedule and events that I have had planned for months. I could blame part of it on the fact that as I get older time keeps on slipping slipping slipping into the future...see - there I go again with the music (although I have regressed to the late 70's now)! Time really does go by faster these days and I am having exceedingly more trouble keeping up. It is extremely frustrating for me as I consider myself a fairly organized and "non-flaky" person. My life has been pretty hectic recently but let's be honest - who's hasn't!?! We are all running around like a bunch of headless chickens, squawking all the while. I will say that I am still managing once in a while to stop (all be it for a millisecond!) and enjoy the things around me. A couple of examples from this weekend...we had a block party in our cul-de-sac and I was reminded of how wonderful it is to have good neighbors. When my husband and I first got married, we thought there was no way we would raise a family in such a big city (I'm from a mid size town and him a super small one). When we moved into this neighborhood a year ago though, I could finally get that smaller town feeling of kids playing in the street or walking down to the neighbors house, etc. At the party I was looking around and just really feeling blessed to live where we do and thinking that maybe it would be possible to capture that feeling of my childhood neighborhood. Another example this weekend was our 5 1/2 month old Gavin. He is at such a great age and just makes me smile at even the smallest things. First, he has started being quite the little roller. "Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river". Seriously - somebody stop me! It is very entertaining to watch because the process is slow and deliberate and he seems almost surprised when he makes it like "wow that's what I was trying to do and hey look - I did it". The other funny thing he is doing now is finding his voice. He will open his mouth and let air pass his vocal cords until a precious little (but loud) "aha" comes out. The tones go up and down and you can tell he is really trying to say something... SO funny to watch and listen to him exploring sounds. Those are the times when the world seems to slow down and you wish "it was Sunday, 'cause that's my fun day, my I don't have to run day...but it's just another manic Monday". (sorry...couldn't help myself) :)