Sunday, November 30, 2008

post thanksgiving trauma

i have lost a dear friend - like a sister to me over the holiday weekend. she did not die but she might as well had. she turned into someone i didn't know or would of cared to know now. unfortunately, i am left to mourn what is not there anymore by my favorite kind of therapy.


not the best time to indulge as i have been my job has been in question (and still is!) and this economy does not make most feel like going out and spending money. well i have been hunkering down for months now and i need to find some new stuff! so in the past few days i have commissioned a new bag from a bespoke "artist" that creates leather bags. i bought two already off his site and had one made to my specifications. my version of hunkering you know - instead of another chloe - which my husband says never again. i will choose handmade and unique, from etsy.com instead of big name and expensive. i can still feel special. yesterday at zara i got 2 dresses and a top. i have also bought 8 pairs of shoes, sandals and boots today. so i should be feeling better right? the loeffler randall emmy boots i picked up almost healed all wounds like time would have but the sad feeling has crept back. i would go hug the chunk (my favorite medicine) but he's sleeping.

Friday, September 12, 2008

ramblings after the kids are asleep

i had a hard week this week. i feel like i have sabotaged my career by having kids. one was manageable but two makes me feel like i can not do anything well. i short change my kids, my husband and my job. no new news here. i have some soul searching to do on my next steps. how can i come back from maternity leave - have my job "eliminated" - placed in a temp position on a crazy team - acclimate to having 2 kids - help my family through a bankruptcy and 2 foreclosures - help remodel a new home in the last few months. i am starting to feel overwhelmed.