this weekend

1. having the best weekend ever, consisting of:

• wonderful yoga class sat morning
• seeing a new friend at class and having a wonderful conversation that will help me now and in the future
• going to see tara at the coffee shop, meeting a new mom, and seeing abby - realizing i was going to this new member tea over a year ago and thinking about how much my life, support system, and happiness in life has expanded since then thanks to the mother's club and all the amazing people i have met
  
• finding the best egg and cheese bagel sandwich in town (la di da)
• stopping by the farmers market and getting beautiful stuff
• having a delicious lunch with jeff and lea all at once (doesn't happen often)
• calling jeff's cousin in the off chance that she could come babysit lea while jeff and i go dance the night away in the city - stars were aligned, she agreed!
• jeff rallying us to go to stanford to get me my "officially out of the diaper bag" purse
• having an amazing visit with jeff's grandparents and seeing how truly happy lea makes them (everyone)
• driving home from SJ realizing we have no hotel reserved for the night and not worrying about it
• leaving for the party at midnight, excited and realizing we're truly going on our first adventure alone for almost 2 years
• going to the party, despite how tired we were, and having a kick-ass time dancing to amazing old-school house until 4am
• driving to the hotel without reservations and jeff getting the "we're here at 4:30 just let us pass out" rate. i don't know how he does it
• sleeping in until 11 am, waking to jeff bringing me coffee, checking out, and walking to a beautiful breakfast where they offered me a free mimosa....ahhhh love the city
• coming home feeling so happy and making plans to go out dancing once a month - arranging it with jeff's cousin when we returned
• hanging out with lea once she woke, eating lunch, dancing, playing...
• going to "sushi sunday", our tradition for the past few months, and having such a wonderful dinner
• jeff and i stealing moments through the day where we just smile at each other because of how much fun we had last night.
  
• feeling young again and realizing it's never too late to go back to what you love.

i wish every weekend could be this way, but that's not the way it works. my nugget today is this: life is about being present enough to recognize the moments of time that are perfect, priceless, and full of love and joy. all the time in between is the process, the work needed to get the magical moments we live for. you can't have the good without the bad.