Is it really almost the middle of January? Time… please …stop moving so quickly, I can’t catch up! Lately my life has been, well, a little bit of a struggle.
Charlotte and I are officially settled into living with my parents, which hasn’t been as easy for me as I had hoped. Moving from having a whole house to ourselves into two not-so- big rooms and sharing a bathroom with Charlotte has been a little challenging. I don’t like to be packed into a small space and have my things all over the place. I do, however, realized that this is completely silly since I am a mess most of the time – clothes all over the place, empty water bottles everywhere. Oxymoron much? John has left and started school at Fort Leonard Wood, so I have a little more space to work with in my room here. However, I think I would rather have him here than the extra space. I didn’t think I would be so lonely once he left. When you spend everyday with someone for almost three years straight, without much outside contact you’d think you would be sick of them, haha. But I am not, I miss him like crazy and he has only been gone a week. Get it together Whitney!
Besides my hard time with him leaving, listening to Char ask for him breaks my heart. DDaaddd, wheres DDaadd? She has been asking for him and having mini meltdowns every time someone goes to leave the house. We’ve been trying to FaceTime with him every night, but that doesn’t help her much. Charlotte hates Facetime mostly, I think she get upset that the people are in the phone and not here in real life. I wonder what goes on in her little toddler brain when she sees people on the phone/computer. I really hand it to single parents out there – dealing with a toddler alone on a daily basis is no fun.
A lot has happened in such a small amount of time and it has left me in a state of limbo. Moving has definitely taken its toll on me, I have been sick for over two weeks now and it is making me depressed. Once we got back home, I wanted to hit the ground running on all the things I had been missing. Seeing family and friends as many days as possible, join the gym, take two days out of the week to spend working on my blog and other things. But since I have been sick, I haven’t done any of those things. I have missed my niece’s birthday party because I was too sick to leave the house, I haven’t written hardly anything for the blog and I definitely haven’t seen my friends or family members as much as I wanted to. Oh, and my weight is at an all time high, like who the hell gains weight when they are sick? Luckily I will be here until the end of April, so I still have time to get my act together.
Work wise, life has been completely turned upside down. Which is why I have STILL been so absent here on my blog. Before we made the move to STL, I was on a roll posting 3-5 times a week and my page views were at their all time highest. I had/have so many big dreams for this little space in 2016. But it looks like we are off to a late start in that department, huh? Writing isn’t something that comes easily to me. When I take a long break like this, it completely messes with me and my groove. I am a very creative person, but I don’t feel like I’m in my element unless everything is just perfect. At our house in GA, I had a whole room that was my office for blogging. Perfect lighting, perfect backdrop, my desk set up just how I liked. My blog layout was getting to me as well, I wasn’t excited to come and look at it anymore. So I gave it a face lift with the help Eclair Design over on Etsy. If you are looking for a new theme, I would pop over to their etsy shop asap. https://www.etsy.com/shop/EclairDesign
So, with that being said, I have a lot to work on. Item number one – get better! Double shots of vitamin C anyone? Item number two – get my overweight butt to the gym. Having a small frame and being overweight is not a good look for me. I know we should love our bodies no matter what, but I am just plan unhealthy now. Item number three – visit loved ones! I have made up my mind that I am getting myself and Char out of the house the rest of the week! Final item – write more, take more pictures, think of a schedule for work.
2016, we are down but we most definitely aren’t out!
Samantha says
Glad to have you back!! You’ll find a rhythm soon enough…I believe in you! XO
Whitney says
Thank you love!
marissa says
Hang in there! Change is hard but healthy. Nurture yourself and when you’re feeling better you can go back to being super woman! Get well xoxo
Whitney says
Thanks Marissa!
Victoria says
You have a lot going on. I can so relate. Been there. I got a bit overwhelmed just reading about it.
Whitney says
LOL, right?! Things have been getting a little better so that is good news!