Easter Weekend

Another holiday that includes a big family gathering. I love these gatherings. Getting the kids together, having adult time with my family, eating good food, laughing, relaxing. Since Thanksgiving last year though, all of these parties now cause me a little anxiety and a little depression or frustration, not sure how to describe it, really. Anything food related is just so frustrating these days. Potlucks at work, lunch with friends, whatever. I'm bringing dessert tomorrow. Do I just make a dessert for everyone to eat and not have any myself? Or do I make one for me and hope everyone enjoys it? I made myself a chocolate birthday cake and let's face it, gf baked goods are dense and weird and definitely have an acquired taste. I thought it was good, but compared to what I eat, it is good. It's all relative. Did my coworkers and family enjoy it? Probably not so much. Every Easter I make a bunny cake. My mom always made it for us and I love making it for our kids. It's cute, it's fun, and delicious. I guess the day will decide for me. On a positive note, We're off to a community egg hunt this morning and then I'll boil eggs to dye after naptime. Odin wants to use his Halloween pumpkin to collect the eggs rather than his Easter basket. That will be cute! I bought a fun tie dye kit that you roll the eggs around inside a bag. Do I think this will be less messy than dipping in cups and dropping them all over the table? Hmm... maybe. Realistically? It will be a different kind of messy, I'm sure. Time to make some breakfast and get this foggy day rolling.

Well, here we go. I'll start out by telling you a little about me. First of all, I'm an overachiever. I always have been. I don't know what drives me to be me, but I do a lot of stuff. I always have. I am a life long learner. I want to learn pretty much how to do everything. That's basically it. I don't know how to just do one thing or sit still without having something in my hands or on my mind to ponder. Perfect example, in the past four years, I have worked full-time as a high school science teacher, coached track in the spring, was a girl scout leader, a union rep and exec board member, a club adviser, went back to school to get my master's degree from WWU and had 2 babies. I wrote the majority of my master's thesis while lying on my couch on bed rest with my second son. I'm sure there are other responsibilities I took on during that same time, but I can't think of them at the moment. In the past seven months, I have experienced some significant health issues which have dampened my ability to be a super mom, yet my stubbornness has forged through and I've done the best that I can. This blog will detail my life as I know it. My struggles and triumphs as a mom, teacher, person with celiac and whatever else occurs in the every day life of a super mom.