Good morning! 

This post is coming at you after a 12am wake-up with a toddler rolling onto my face and then a never-going-back-to-sleep-because-I-then-rolled-over-and-turned-my-Kindle-on.

Whoops.

I think I was so desperate for a good chunk of time that I wasn’t devoting to my child or my work or our little household.

And I was in the middle of a Colleen Hoover book. And when I start one of those, I never wanna put ’em down. 

Ishu finally went back to school yesterday. THANK THE HEAVENS. But, instead of feeling “free,” I went back home and broke down the fort in our living room. And did 5 loads of laundry and watered the plants and vacuumed the carpets. And caught up on all the work things I had to rearrange last week.

I almost allowed myself to feel guilty for not showing up to OrangeTheory immediately after dropping him off to school yesterday. Which is ridiculous because 1) I wouldn’t have made it in time and 2) I HAD A TODDLER SITTING ON MY HEAD FOR 9 DAYS I’M ALLOWED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND REGROUP FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.

I also ended up getting my Covid booster and flu shot at the same time yesterday. In the same arm. So I doubt I’ll be doing any sort of heavy lifting today. 

But whatever. 

This is real life.

I never ended up logging on yesterday morning to share scenes from our weekend. Because, well, all those things listed above took priority. 

But I’ll share a little recap today. 

On Thursday, I thought things were looking up for our little guy, but figured I’d keep him home an extra day and send him back fully healed on Monday. 

Come to find out that on Friday, he had his first ever ear infection. 

Womp womp. 

So, he started antibiotics and got lots of TV time and snuggles with mama. (I also finished this book and called my mama in tears because Ishu being sick has me feeling all sorts of emotional).

Ankur had to work on Saturday, so the two of us ventured out for the first time in a week. I was pleasantly surprised to see that there were still so many fall colors around us. (Are you tired of my obsession with all things fall?!).

I think I pushed our limits and stayed out a little later than was probably necessary. I was just happy to be out of the house. But Ishu was clearly exhausted and tired and still a little sick. So I carried a kicking and screaming and crying toddler home, put him down to nap after some more kicking and screaming and crying (both of us). And then sat down with my emotional support popcorn and had a therapy session with my sister-in-love.

And then on Sunday, the two monkeys of the family built a fort.

Ankur and I are slowly making our way through Season 4 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. And then, in the late afternoon/evening, we went over to the 900 shops to do some trick-or-treating. And then ended the evening at Jeni’s.

Our little Maya GOAT turned 1-year old yesterday. And I can’t seem to wrap my head around the fact that she’s been on this earth for 365 days. It feels like only yesterday when we got the text message that my sister’s water had broken.

Sister and Drew threw her a GOAT-themed party in the Bay Area on Sunday. Sister dressed up as Serena, Drew dressed up as Federer, and our little GOAT dressed up as, well, a goat.

It’s so hard to miss these moments and it makes me – so badly – want to pack up our things and hurry on home to California. But also very grateful to get to celebrate it all over again this weekend with the entire fam there.

Now, the little pumpkin of THIS fam has woken up and is demanding all the attention. So I will go. And I will let him make my coffee. And I will breathe a sigh of relief that I get to drop him off at school and have another “normal” day around here. Whatever that means.

Have a happy Tuesday. And to all the teachers out there who are teaching after Halloween on a MONDAY, I am thinking of you. TODAY AND THE REST OF THE WEEK WILL BE HARD. I’VE BEEN THERE AND I WISH I COULD INJECT COFFEE INTO YOUR VEINS. THAT IS ALL.