When my husband looked across the table at me on Saturday night & said "well, at least this will make a good story for your blog," the worst part of our little work/play family trip to LA hadn't even happened yet.
Highlights: discovering the Brite Spot for a late dinner after Baz Biz on Saturday; getting my hands on some of Susie's fantastic recipe cards; hanging out with our lovely ex-neighbors; the fine, fine, professional cleaning crew at the hotel.
Lowlights, including but not limited to: pre-trip stress about whether son's stomach flu was gone in time for travel or not (this? Foreshadowing.); packing for the trip by flashlight due to giant stormy power outage; daughter throwing up on my table as I was setting up for the show (I sort of think I should get some sort of crafting mom merit badge for this, or else a tattoo); the show itself, kind of; the entire family coming down with/relapsing into the stomach flu & having to stay an extra day in LA to get well enough to travel; choosing The Wild on hotel ppv instead of Cars (I'm just glad my kids were too sick to have come away with any lingering questions about weird inverted food-chain story line &/or William Shatner as an insane wildebeest.).
I'm not somebody who generally spends a lot of time searching for signs from the universe or etc, but I am fairly confident that I just got a bunch of foot-high flashing neon letters, possibly with sirens attached, dropped in front of me: slow it down.
Now we're back home, on the mend (more &/or less, depending on which one of us you ask), & we are just going to relax & do whatever holidayish things appeal in the last few remaining days before Christmas. We've got a bag of pine cones & a whole bunch of glitter! It's time to get my gingersnap recipe out! My son wants to show me something about tissue paper snowflakes! My bloglines is jam-packed with beautiful holiday entries to read & admire & take note of for next year!
This has been an exciting & challenging & exhausting & limit-testing year for me in a lot of ways, & I already know that my single New Year's resolution is going to be get some balance back, but I don't have to think about the hard stuff for the next few days.
oh dear, that sounds super stressful. i'm sorry. i hope you had a good/successful time at the bazbiz...? (hard to tell by your cryptic nod to it.) meg and i thought it was super overwhelming in boston, though mostly fun.
i hope everyone in your house is feeling better! i hope you have some glittery non-stressful snuggly times now.
Posted by: jen j-m | December 21, 2006 at 11:44 AM
Ugh - continue to mend, one and all - and a very Happy Holiday to you...
Posted by: lla | December 21, 2006 at 04:28 PM
ouch. glad you are back home. happy holidays!
Posted by: meg | December 21, 2006 at 06:20 PM
ugh. sounds so stressful! you totally deserve a merit badge AND a tattoo.
hope everyone is feeling good and that you are all enjoying some cozy holiday love.
xoxox
Posted by: aprill | December 22, 2006 at 07:58 AM
Why is it these things all happen at the same time. With little kids, it hits hard and hast, doesn't it. I'm so sorry, but signs from the universe seem to be popping up for all of us. I hope life is returning to normal. Let's grab a coffee in the new year, ok?
Posted by: blair | December 22, 2006 at 05:46 PM