Time Flies When You're Having Fun

It's hard to believe that another Spring break is over for me, but it is.  We packed a lot of fun into these past three weeks.  I got to do some things that I've wanted to do for a long time.  This break makes up a lot for last year when we had rain every day.  After a brutal winter here, we were finally able to get out and enjoy the nice weather this year.

No doubt there will be one sad little greyhound as I leave for work.  All three of the girls will be a bit sad, but Bunny always shows it the most.  Blueberry will watch me cautiously as I go through the usual morning routine.  Lilac will be asleep again.  Apparently getting up at oh dark thirty wears an old lady out.  As if it weren't hard enough to sleep around our house, our neighbors now have a Siberian puppy that they are trying to housebreak, right outside our bedroom window, at ungodly hours.  I never thought there'd be a dog with a worse schedule than our little old lady, but I think we've met her match.  Although honestly, the puppy isn't as bad as the neighbors.

Anyway, I digress.  In some ways, it will be nice to get back to my usual routine, but in others, it's tough.  Getting up early and getting ready for work isn't as much fun as getting up and reading blogs at my leisure.  We'll try to get around to read still, but you'll probably see us at different times.  I also can't promise that we'll have a post every day, but we'll try! 

The greatest thing about break is really just the small details of life that I get to slow down and enjoy.  Bunny comes back to bed with me for a while, or Blueberry stretches out on the couch in the morning so we can have our own alone time.  There are also the moments when Lilac comes over to stick her nose under my arm as I type on the computer to let me know that she's still here.  Being able to take a walk whenever we like is such a joy, or even a spontaneous trip to the dog park, or packing up and taking the girls for a hike somewhere that we normally don't get to go are all small luxuries of being on break. 

However, one truth is, if it were that way every day, I wouldn't savor it the way I do now.  It's like coins of gold slipping through my fingers now, not something that I'm able to take for granted.  I appreciate work because it gives us money and because it gives us these golden moments to cherish.  However, today, I'm really not loving my job!  Maybe on Friday afternoon...