Green Pastures and Still Waters

Work has been insane. August started crazy, and it only got busier and busier, culminating in a week of barely seeing my kids awake and thinking about nothing but The Deal. Or The Other Deal. Or That Other Thing I Don't Physically Have Time To Do Because of The Deal and The Other Deal. In the three years I've been practicing, I've never been that busy. Thankfully, The Deal is almost finished, and the lawyers' role has wound down significantly (this is good, both for our client and for my own sanity - it's a good deal, and I've learned a ton, but WOW it's been stressful).

At one point I emailed Psalm 23 to myself, just to remind myself that this will.not.last.forever. I have prayed so often over the past three months for some green pastures and still waters.

I left work on Wednesday at 5:00, and didn't take a shred of work home. Thought about it, but decided if I brought something home I'd probably do it, and I know everything can sit until Monday and be just fine. And I have had exactly ZERO work-free weekends since the middle of August. I needed to chill out.

And chill, I have. I don't want a huge journal-like post here, because that's interesting to nobody, but here's my long weekend so far in bullets (yes, it's been just as relaxing and perfect as it sounds!) If I feel like it later, I'll post a few pictures. :) Stay tuned.

• Wednesday night I sat on my couch for three hours watching sitcoms and crocheting. Didn't think about work at all, other than to notice I wasn't thinking about it. :)
  
• Thursday morning we slept in (until 8:00 or so... but still...)
• I took a nap on Thursday BEFORE eating any turkey.
• We had our Thanksgiving meal with a large group of our good friends (40 people in one house - it was crowded but so, so joyful. I come from a big family, I love crowded.)
• Thursday night I got to sew for the first time in 6 months or something. I made crib rail covers for Leah's crib - she's started chewing on the sides.
• Friday - one of my FAVORITE days of the year - we picked out our Christmas tree and put up our decorations. We do this every year on Black Friday afternoon and I hope we do it forever.
• Last night Bryan surprised me on the way home from the tree place by swinging by the store to buy some nice wine and stinky cheese - I've been craving a nice, relaxing night at home with him for a looooong time. I literally almost cried when he told me he was taking the night off and we could just hang out together and put up all of the Christmas stuff and talk about our plans for the girls' Christmas (we are way behind on that last one).
  
• This morning we went to the Children's Museum. This was only our second time going there, and I don't know why we waited so long to start. We are thinking about getting a membership there. It's an AWESOME place. Eden and Leah both loved it. Plus, we ran into one of her friends from school, so that was cute.
• Now I'm headed to the couch for a nap, then some more play time with my girls, and then probably some more crafting tonight - I have a number of projects now on my list.

Oh how I needed this. I am so incredibly thankful for the gift of green pastures and still waters, populated with my sweet little family and very little else.