Mommy Takes on Jury Duty...

So today was the day...my day of civic duty had arrived...jury duty. I did not sleep well last night in anticipation of my adventure today, I did not want to oversleep and be late, and a part of me lay awake hoping to get a great trial to sit on as a juror. Hey, I was a criminal justice major in college therefore I was ready to go. Well I left the house extra early and got to the courthouse 40 minutes early. I then proceeded to almost get lost getting from the parking garage to the courthouse. Next I made it through the metal detector, wanding and purse search. This led me to the culmination of my day...I spent the next several hours sitting in the HOT jurors room. Baliff after baliff came in calling potential jurors but my name was never called. Eventually by early afternoon we were all dismissed as all jury trials had come to a close for today. BUT I still have to check back in this FRIDAY after 5:00 pm to see if they need for me to return next Monday. I think the best way to describe the day was organized chaos. Baliffs came in would call names but would not take the individuals right away if ever, cases were settled prior to a trial starting and some cases were issued continuances. Thank goodness for my book, Rocco Mediate and John Feinstein's "Are you Kidding Me?" Great book about Rocco and 2008 U.S Open and I am only 100 pages in. Without that book I would have gone crazy having nothing to do.

Ok, I am off to get some real sleep prior to tomorrow.

A Weekend of Self-Care...

Ok, I am the first to admit that I tend to take care of everyone else first and I am the last person I think to take care of...wait, I think that is what most moms do, so hey at least I am not alone! :-) Brad, my husband, practically has to throw me out the door to do something for myself. Well, this weekend I do not know if someone hit me over the head or what; I tend to think that I simply had an a-ha moment. Anyways I treated myself to a beautiful bracelet that I have been eyeing up for months. I am not much on materialistic items, as long as I have my family, health, friends and happiness I am a pretty happy camper. Maybe that is why I started to feel a bit guilty when I bought this item. Thank goodness for Brad because he was the one that pointed out to me how hard I work at everything I do and for me to treat myself once in awhile is not such a bad thing. I have to admit I love this bracelet and will probably wear it every day and it will be my reminder that it is ok to take care of myself with something "fun" now and then.



My second HUGE milestone of the weekend, I FINISHED READING A BOOK!! I know, I know you are thinking what is so special about this? Well let's see I have not finished a book in YEARS! Recently my reason for lack of reading was our two small children ages 3 and 1.5 years. Prior to them I literally was working all the time, I think I have a bit of a "work alcoholic syndrome," think I obtained that "syndrome" from my dad. Anyhow it felt so great to take some time for myself and just read. I had forgotten how much I love to read! As a child I would devour a book in one day and still want more. If I had the time I'll bet I could still do that! Now for those of you wondering what piece of great American Literature did I read, well it was....(drum roll please) Mommywood by Tori Spelling. Now before you all decide to start jumping all over me about my reading choice, let me tell you, I LOVED THIS book! She may be a celebrity but some of the exact same struggles I face as a parent she faces too. Anyhow the point here is that thanks to Tori Spelling I have tapped into something I really enjoyed in the past and I want to keep this going.



Point of the weekend was I actually worked to align my needs and fit them in nicely with my family's needs and I feel much better as a Mom because I did some things for me.



Now stay tuned as this Mom adds a "first" in my life tomorrow...jury duty. We will be starting a new book while there!

From the Beginning

Here comes my first of many blog entries. Ok, so I truly enjoy this whole social networking thing. I use Facebook, I really enjoy reading my friends blogs and most importantly I enjoy reconnecting. Sometimes when I am doing all of this though my mind starts to wonder and I begin to think there are other things I should be doing, folding a load of laundry, cleaning the stove, well I think you get the picture. See I am a mom of two girls, I work full-time and I also trymy darnedest to be a very loving spouse and good friend to others. I am not that different from many others out there, I know. I decided that I wanted to jump into this blogging thing and put my thoughts out there. I am hoping to get a dialogue going with others too. See years ago people had the time to sit down and write a letter or have have a cup of tea in the middle of the afterrnoon and talk to others. The world we live in now does not exactly allow for that, so if I want to talk to others this might be the best way to do it. Now there never seems like there are enough hours in the day to get everything done. There are some days I begin to think that cloning myself might be a good idea. My husband would probably say one of me is enough to handle though! :-) In upcoming blogs I want to focus on the joys and challenges of motherhood, career, and everything in between. I am hoping that others will come along and tell me their thoughts as well!