Feeling Accomplished

There are some days where I want to feel accomplished in my life and my career. I ask myself questions like "where do I want to be in five years or ten years?" I look for ways to move my career ahead, while keeping balance in my home life. I go through our financial situation, to ensure we are saving enough, paying our bills, and have enough to get some desperately needed furniture.

However, there are days like today, when the most mundane tasks make me feel very accomplished. I have gotten My Little Man (MLM), who just turned 18 months yesterday, up, dressed, and fed. I read him a few books, played a bunch of silly games, and even watched a new Baby Einstein video where we learned how to Sign critical words like "eat", "play", "sleep", "milk", and "drink". These will hopefully make our daily communications a little easier.

I changed his sheets, and ran a load of his clothes. I took him for a walk to the supermarket, picked up some groceries for the week, walked back home with him, put dinner together in the crock-pot, cleaned up the kitchen, and I did it all before lunchtime.

I'm so excited. I can't stop smiling. MLM is napping. I'm rewarding myself with a second cup of coffee, and some Web surfing time. The hubby is getting some work done right now. The best part about this, is that I'm still raring to go. I think we're going to hit some stores, pick up some new plants for the front of the house and plant them.

I hope I keep this momentum going. Otherwise, I'm going to crash and burn. But it won't matter because I'm officially feeling accomplished. :)