Thursday

Miss Violet reads to me just about every night before bedtime.  I used to read to her and loved it but right now she is in a phase where she will not allow it.  She wants to be the reader with me as her listener.  This is okay because many times, her version is better than the original!

Above is a video of her reading me a very appropriate book, Little Brown Bear Won't Go To School!  In this particular story, when little brown bear does not want to go to school one day he learns what it means to "have a job" instead.  His Mommy and Daddy both have jobs while he is a school and very importantly, little brown bear realizes he has a job too  -- his work at school!

Violet continues to hate going to preschool just about every single day with varying levels of hatred.  Sometimes she begs and cries.  Or some mornings she will just drag her feet and look at me with such desperation.  Those big, beautiful blue eyes beg me to skip work and be with her.  It suuuuucks!  Let me tell you.  I feel bad at every drop-off and I barely recover before the next morning comes and we do it all over again.

I chose the preschool I did because
(1) it is one that offers many things a regular preschool does not, like a fitness focused curriculum and swim class!
(2) because I felt really good about putting her somewhere my friends had raved about and
(3) I personally needed to have her somewhere other than in home-based care or a very low income type facility (which I *know* is not good). 
BUT these things matter not to Violet.  She would not appreciate going ANYWHERE, regardless of how awesome it would be.  She wants to be home again with me and her Daddy... and I understand.  I just wish I could have it all!! I wish I could have this job I really like AND have Violet feel happy about school.  Ugh.

So... the battle rages on I guess... Work is good, in general excluding Violet related stress.  I feel useful and productive most days.  The Museum prepares to open next month and I balance three very important parts of that opening.  All Tours and Workshops are my thing.  And I feel like I can't wait for them to happen, as if watching a seed I planted turn into a blossom.  I feel close to the things I do for my work and I want to be a part of the success of it all.

I continue on my journey to better health as well.  I am sore right now from a yoga routine yesterday morning.  It was intense.  I was working hard and sweating pretty good at 5:30 in the morning.  Everyone was asleep but I was greeting my day the best way I know how.

This is the video I used: 

Ana Brett is so cute and lovely.  Her smile is infectious and you actually forget the yoga is working you so hard.  I don't do this routine nearly enough!

The other night I did 300 jumping jacks!  Again, I was working my body hard and it felt SO GOOD.

My goals are coming along nicely.  To check me out on socialworkout.com, see HERE.  It is super cool to track my goals like this.  Keeps me accountable and motivated.