A Day in the Life

A day in the life in pictures for this working Mom. This day didn't turn out so average for me, but still represents where I'm at right now. So here you go!

7am time to wake up-even though the alarm went off at 6am!

Coffee time and wake up the Toot!

8am-Time for breakfast and to get moving and out of the house

9am-drop off the Toot and hit the road for work a nice fun hour of traffic into Hollywood

10a-finally at work! and time for more coffee

11am time to snack in my office for a brief moment while I work

12p more work...

1pm lunchtime!

2pm leave work to go pick up The boy for Karate class

3pm Pick up The Boy from school and head to Karate class

4pm Karate is awesome to watch

5pm head home and work out-Tracy Anderson mat routine and Cardio routine. The doggies like to work out too.

6pm a little dog walk and my favorite time of day in our garden

7pm time to make lunches and take a bath

8pm no one wants to make dinner so we are going out! The boys seem thrilled...

9pm its late and time for bed

10p all the boys are alseep finally so its moms time for some TV and bed at 10:45

Fun at 40

Man did I have fun this weekend....My busiest weekends are usually my best. Packed with get togethers, activities and fun. My favorite weekends are the ones where I have activities with the boys, and then stuff that I get to do on my own too. This weekend for that reason was what I call a "perfect weekend." Saturday got my hair done (by myself). Then came home and went to lunch with the boys (husband and Boy) then birthday party (with the only the boy) then home to get ready for my night out with my girls. 

It's so much fun going out with my girlfriends at this age. I mean, who am I kidding it was always fun, but now its even better, even sweeter- because we have nothing to prove. Not like in our 20's when for me I was single and had something to prove by funding some guy at a bar. Or in my 30's when it was about being cool and going to hippest places. Now, it's just us being super silly and not caring at all what anyone thinks. It's amazing. We went to dinner, drank wine, laughed so hard. Went to a local gay bar, danced our faces and laughed even more. The laughing part is the best, well that and the dancing. I love to laugh and I love to dance, so there really is no better combination then that for me. My weekend below in pictures. Sunday was just me attending to my hangover while hanging with the guys and getting chores done. The hangover part, not so much fun, but I can honestly say it was worth it

Whats your life like?

...Hmm my life right now, is interesting. The other night I was doing Yoga in the Garage, or as I like to call it "The Burcham Yoga Studio" which features lovely smells like pot, gasoline and wet dog. Anyway, I was doing a yoga routine entitled "embrace" by the lovely Adriene who I really truly think is super cool. Check her out: https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene. My mantra for the evenings workout: "Embrace your happiness" because I had realized lately that I am...wait for it...HAPPY. weird right? It feels strange to even say out loud, mostly cause you just don't want to jinx it ya know? Like I'm not sick (knock on wood), The Boys not sick, Husband is not sick (double knock on wood) we are not broke, Husband has a job, I have a job... and something happened at my job that changed me I think. My boss told me after my show was over that I didn't need to look for work, that they were "committed" to me. Whoa. Committed?! This was like seeing a Unicorn in a field of Poppies with a double rainbow behind it! I have not heard these words, like, EVER from a boss, and thus something happened inside of me. I became HAPPY. Something about being wanted needed, appreciated, it felt like the clouds parted and the sun came blaring through. To say that this is refreshing in this industry is an understatement. With that, I am also not busy at work while I wait for the next show to come along. Until then I have been helping with this and that, and being my own boss really, as well as not having to be anyone else boss- which is also incredibly nice. Being the boss is stressful to say the least. A lot of times I feel like I am just merely pretending I know what to do to lead people in the right direction. I will admit that just having someone be a leader is at times all that's needed regardless of if they actually know how to lead. You should also be a person who will: listen, solve problems and at least try and figure out a way to complete and finish something, even if it seems hopeless. These are things I do know how to do. But the word boss, and its definition seem like some grown up costume thats too big for me. All that aside,  I have been happy, because I'm not overworked, I'm wanted, and my family is healthy. It's a lot to ask for quite honestly, and the fact that I have all that right now is huge. I am very lucky and I am grateful for that, and very grateful for my happiness.

Here's a few pictures of us right now. Please note our spectacular front garden that we finished last Sepetember, it's springing into life in a way that is stunning me each and every day.