It never really is one thing at a time, is it? Happily, the "evenings and weekends" part of my job is on the back burner for the next few weeks, but life is still busy: it's Passover right now and I'm getting ready for my trip to England with Mom and Dad in mid-April and finalizing as many wedding-related things as possible before we go and preparing to move into my new apartment as soon as we get back.
Wait, what? Yes! While I love living at home with my parents and it's been wonderful to reconnect with them after a couple years across the pond, we've all become increasingly aware since I got back that I would, sooner rather than later, need to find my own place. I'll share more details later, but for now it means that I'm spending all of my free internet time searching for deals on furniture, picking paint colors, and researching ideas for how to lay out and decorate my space. I really took a break from this sort of thing after I moved into my second flat in London, almost exactly two years ago, so I don't remember where to look for inspiration - do let me know about your favorite sites, please!
While I'm obviously really excited about this new adventure and I'm delighted to have the excuse to fill up my home&garden board on Pinterest, which had been mostly bare because I didn't really want to tease myself with aspirational homes when I was ages away from having my own small space, it does mean that my blogging will suffer a little. Well, actually, that's only half true. My participation in the blogging community has been negligible for the past two weeks because of all this craziness and, I'm afraid, it won't be much better for the next two. I find that I need to write my posts - it's incredibly cathartic for me, you know, and rather than feeling pressured to publish regularly I feel more calm and creative when I make the time to stick to my editorial calendar - but it's harder for me to keep up with your blogs. So for that I'm sorry, and I'm sure I'll have a blogging binge when things let up a bit. I really am looking forward to my next sick day (as long as I'm not disgusting and miserable and comatose and things) when I can curl up with tea and grilled cheese and my laptop and catch up on everything you've been thinking and doing and sharing - I love all the comments you're leaving here, especially on last week's faith posts, but I do miss seeing what you're up to! So yes: I'm sorry and thank you and much love to you all, dear readers, as I continue to try to pace myself.
And, while I try, tell me how you make time in the day for everything you need to do! Help - what are your tips for pacing yourself? We all know that "one thing at a time" is easier said than done...
