dual personalities

Did you have a nice Mother’s Day? I wish I had a good literary quote (like the DP’s on Saturday) to celebrate wonderful mothers, but I’m a bit at a loss — my favorite Elizabeth Stuart Phelps quote has been blogged before, and the book I’m trying to finish (The Scarlet Letter) certainly features motherhood, but not in a totally uplifting way!

I missed my mom a lot this weekend. Unfortunately my “new normal” seems to include a terrible Saturday dip — a busy week’s worth of anxiety finally has a chance to descend, and I have nothing to do but wallow! It appears that my hormones have inserted themselves into this mix, so it was a real doozy of feelings this weekend. Well, like I say, at least we have cell phones — I am able to check in with my mom (and siblings), connect on Instagram and have nice long conversations as needed. I am very grateful for that.

We did make a socially-distant visit to the suburbs to celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday with DN’s parents. I made lemon-ricotta cookies and boxed them up nicely, which gave me a (tasty!) sense of purpose. (Plus, we have leftovers.) It was nice to be outside on a spacious patio and catch up. Of course, we also got to see the dog:

It was warm enough to take my sweater off, so there was no hiding the 9-month bump…

Now, time for another week — only 2 full weeks of work left for me, so I will do my best to hang in there!