coffee date.
it's a coffee date! it's a coffee date! it's a coffee date!
i started to write one of these on a day where i really needed a crap-ton of coffee (that's an official measurement), but i fell asleep before i got through the first paragraph, so that was stupid and oddly ironic. then out of curiosity, i went to see when my last coffee date was, and do you know what i found out? my last coffee date post was last JULY. and the one before that was in NOVEMBER 2016. are you kidding me? i used to do one of these every few months, and i loved them. still love them. they're my favorite type of posts to read and one of my favorite to write. have i been spending so much time drinking real coffee that i've forgotten to make time for my online coffee? is that even a real sentence? how is anyone even reading this blog?
if we were on a coffee date...i would ask what you were getting, and then tell you i'm still on that americano grind. i make special exception and have a latte every so often on a friday, but i just love my inexpensive, caffeinated americanos. also, i'm obviously getting a hot beverage, because i live in the tundra and have you seen it here? we kicked off the year with the MOST frigid temperatures that kept us trapped inside with two toddlers (heaven did help me, but so did wine), and then were lulled into a beautiful dream state by warmer weather, and then had a foot and a half of snow dumped on us on monday. but actually, i love when there is snow, because you can actually play outside with the kids. i mean, it takes half an hour to bundle them up, only to be out for 25 minutes, but fresh air is fresh air my friends.if we were on a coffee date...i'd tell you how obsessed i am with my letterboard. i resisted getting one for so long, because really, how often was i actually going to use it? and does the world really need someone else thinking they're witty and posting about it on instagram? but then my darling husband surprised me with one for christmas (this letterboard right here
if we were on a coffee date...i would bore you with rave about how much fun the kids are lately. are they sleeping the best? no. do they still whack each other at least once a day? yep. have i yelled at least once in the last week? oh very much so. but darn it if they aren't the most fun people right now. there is no shortage of personality in our house right now, let me tell you. we have dance parties everyday in the kitchen and dining room; william's favorite song is "barbara ann" by the beach boys, while amelia's is a tie between "when will my life begin" from tangled and "help me, rhonda" by the beach boys. they are also fans of van halen, the moana soundtrack, and the beastie boys. we are raising some well-rounded music enthusiasts! they have started actually playing together, which is a sight i will never get sick of. there is nothing sweeter to my mothering soul than watching my two kids play with playdough side by side, or build with legos together without someone getting angry because the other one knocked it down. like, why do i not have five more of these things?? (it's because they don't come out this age. that's why. in case you thought i had gone temporarily insane) if we were on a coffee date...i'd probably start telling you how i feel like i'm at a crossroads in my life. i'd ask you if you've ever gone through something like this. there is a feeling somewhere deep down that is telling me that a change needs to be made. it first manifested itself in the form of my social media fast, which has been life-altering for me and is still going really well (you can read more about that here and here). now it's starting to spread to other areas of my life, in a really positive way, but in a way that is really stretching me to think long and hard about what i want, and how i want to achieve it. if that sounds vague, it's because it is. i have no idea what this will look like, or what the feelings even mean, but i know that this year is going to be one filled with a different type of change than the last few have been. 
thanks for having coffee with me! i seriously love being able to let loose and talk about all the random things bouncing around in my brain. i hope you like reading about them. let's do this more often? maybe a few times a year. if you're cool with it, i'm cool with it. hugs and smooches.
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