Sturdy

This week has flown by.  No surprise there, since time is always running away from me.  I am a bit disappointed that the energy I had on Monday morning didn’t last all week, but Abel waking up Tuesday with a runny nose, plus the fact he’s teething hard, kind of put a damper on my doing the damn thing.  Oh, and then there was his one year appointment yesterday, during which he already had a slightly elevated temperature, and add to that five shots, which run the risk of fever, and you get today: thermometer reaching above a hundred for half of the day.

Thankfully, I think it was just the shots exacerbating whatever he already had going on (I’m guessing mean teeth fighting to cut through) and it seemed to break quietly just before his afternoon nap, so he was pretty well cooled to normal by the time he woke up.

And to be honest, I’m okay with declaring that a big part of that fever breaking so nicely was my mumma super powers.  I’ve handled him being snotty and drooly and feverish with a great amount of care and love… and calm.  Instinct took over and I just snuggled him and did what he needed to feel good and get better.

I may not have the take-on-the-world energy I had earlier this week, but I know it’s because I was focused on taking care of my little guy.  And really, it felt good to apply the majority of my time to him, when usually I am working to balance my waking hours between being mumma and being everything else, and all the guilt that can arise from maybe not giving enough to one thing or another.

So although my motivation has not waned, and I am still eager to be better about “doing it all,” I am grateful that my life is so, so good, and that the everything else is sturdy enough to stay in place on it’s own while I put all the weight in the Abel side of the scale.