So I spent much of October in the Phillies haze that resulted in a World Series win and a big parade. Being the parent of a toddler who needed shots that day, I stayed home and watched the parade on TV and caught all of Mr. Utley’s fowl-mouthed silliness live and uncensored. What fun.
In a cyclone… on Halloween night, we dressed Otis in his first costume of Pilgrim Indian and took him out to play on neighbor’s lawn. The next day, I was off to Prague on my first trans-Atlantic flight for a work meeting. I landed in the Czech Republic, walked the city for three hours, then started our work meetings which involved volunteers from all over Europe to write for us. I instructed and facilitated one of the break-out groups. All-day meetings were interrupted only for group lunches then followed by group dinners and receptions – a few nights out with co-workers then back on the plane to Philly. All the while, a new president was elected.
Then things really sped up. Fly home, dinner out, back to work, then back to school for a mid-term exam, then back to work then off to Jersey for my best friend’s bridal shower. Lots o fun. Sunday, spent all day reconnecting with family. By Wednesday – maybe – I finally caught up on all sleep necessary.
I definitely live in the fast lane – nothing is going to change that. What’s amazing is the other young mothers, artists and professionals, who I met across the pond who are doing the same things as I do.
