A Mommy and A Wife Trying to be Myself

It has been a while since I've had time to write about anything. There have been numerous occasions in the past few months where I've thought, "That would be a great topic to write about", and not having done so right then, I've lost track of what the topic was! I have to do better going forward! On that note, I'm starting with a post about the hype around "being busy". 😃 When younger, I did NOT want to be busy. I enjoyed sleeping in, playing with friends, reading books and generally being lazy when I didn't HAVE to do anything. Now, that concept seems unthinkable!  I feel like every minute that I have needs to be accounted for. Especially so since I am a stay-at-home mom, with my younger (and last) child starting elementary school last year. I feel the need to stay busy not just to keep my sanity, but also to justify to people that I'm not sitting around the house watching daytime soaps! (I'll not lie - the most annoying question s