February 29

Happy Leap Day!

I had high hopes to do something extraordinary with my extra day this year.  But Leap Day fell on a Wednesday and its hard to fit in anything extra on a Wednesday, much less anything extraordinary.

The weather, at least, was remarkable.  Sixty-five sunny degrees this afternoon, following on the heels of a blustery rainy morning.  The children spent the afternoon out of doors and it was lovely to while away our evening in  the backyard, playing soccer with Jack, pushing Ivy in the swing, eating an ice cream treat at the tree-stump table, shooing away bugs.  Yep.  Bugs, in February.

Its a weird world.

I feel like my 30 (29) days this month has gone out with a fizzle.  I've been low on energy and this month's challenge certainly required an extra push of energy to accomplish each day.  Totally worth it, on the days it did happen... but hard to muster the motivation this past week....

What have I learned from this exercise?

That I need a full-time housekeeper.
That little details matter to me, if I let myself notice.
That I can't possibly keep this house as clean as I wish it could be, not right now.
That it is OK to embrace the imperfection.
That I can make small changes and that they do make a difference--if I can pay attention to the small things in the face of the larger chaos.
That I am not sure I am going to keep going on this one, long term.
Maybe weekly.
We'll see.

Tune in tomorrow for a new Thirty Days...