Good morning, dear hearts! I've got a spring in my step today, let me tell you! Yesterday ended up being "spur of the moment haircut day" and I'm feeling
so fresh and so clean clean with this sunshine all this and my
fab new bangs. My gosh, how I've missed having good hair. My last real haircut was so long ago (and so not stylish). I'm starting to feel like myself again. LBB (life before baby) I was better at this whole style thing, and now that Spring has sprung I'm getting excited about getting back into that sort of vibe. For the last two years I've been so focused on everything outside of myself that I've let things go to the wayside, and now, ladies & gents, I'm getting them back. Surely I'm not the only mama having this sort of epiphany? Part of me feels that guilt creeping back up in my throat, that feeling of "but shouldn't I only do things for my daughter?" and I have to remind myself that
I'm important too. (Geez, typing that out was a little harder than I'd thought it would be.) I'm learning, slowly but surely, how to write myself higher on my priority list. You're supposed to put your own oxygen mask on first, but I haven't been doing that. I'm babystepping back into
really taking care of myself and maybe it's the sunshine, maybe it's the air, but good lordy I'm feeling motivated and happy and excited and thrilled!
How have I been taking care of myself? Let me count the ways...
01. I've been spending a lot of time out of the house, downtown, seeing friends when I can, 02. I bought myself new makeup for the first time in over three years and now I have to figure out how to use it all, 03. I'm going to see
Ina May Gaskin speak in Toronto tonight and I feel like I'm off to meet a celebrity, 04. I've actually been buying new (re: thrifted) clothing for myself, including a super cute dress/belt combo which I found at one of my
favourite shops, 05. I've been trying to get to bed at a reasonable hour and 06. I've been taking time to read my favourite blogs, without rushing through my Google reader or clicking "mark all as read".
They always tell us to treat others the way we want to be treated, but I think we also ought to remember to treat
ourselves the way we'd like to be treated
by others.
Oh, and one last snapshot before I go... my gorgeous friend Meagh & I, post-haircut, pre-the rest of our lives:
Take care! Go forth & be excellent!
