Stress

I am feeling it.

Stress.

My stress seems to always come when I think of taking time off of work.

I have the balance like the rest of the world.

Mother.

Wife.

Employee.

Daughter, Sister, Friend, Fitness Goddess, Chef, Maid, Co-CEO of the Albracht house, Decorator, etc.

Mother, Wife, and Employee seem to be conflicting lately.

Cole has been out of school all week.

There is lots of work to be done...at work.

Derek has been sick, is trying to save PTO for when Bebe comes, and has knee surgery at the end of the month.

I should probably try to save some PTO too...

We are going to Florida next week.

That takes time, organization, and money.

Whew.

Deep breath in.

.....

and out.

To put things in perspective though (something I need to do much more often)....

I have an employer who is understanding, even if I feel guilty.

Derek has an equally wonderful employer/supervisor.

Cole is on the mend.
We have wonderful family who stop in to help! (Thank You, Na!!)

We are having a baby.

And...

We are going to Florida!!!

See You Soon, JayJay!

Cole and I joined Na, JayJay, Laura, Stella, & Maria for a farewell lunch for JayJay.

The end of her Christmas break came way too quickly!

Lunch at DiCarlo's was the perfect end to her time at home.

The "egg" and "nest" that Cole found in the nut bowl and carried around for the day, waiting for the "egg" to "catch".

Cole and the girls had lots of fun while we got to visit a bit.

We were sad to see JayJay go, but we are excited since we were only really saying "see you next week!" in our farewell!

See you Saturday, Jamie!  

DON'T FORGET ABOUT US AT THE AIRPORT!  ;-)