over the weekend

I've been feeling so incredibly overwhelmed lately with all of the feelings that come along with being a "almost-parent" -- is that a thing? I feel like I'm never going to have every thing ready in time. The amount of things on my "list" is daunting to say the least, but I have to keep reminding myself that life always finds a way to work out and I'm just really grateful to be experiencing this time right now. One of my neighbors at church yesterday told me to always enjoy each stage of life, because before you know it, you'll be onto the next. I find myself always wishing for that next stage, or next thing in life to look forward to in order to make the current time pass by quickly (like you know, Disneyland trips or something).. but I found that this weekend, I tried to unplug and really enjoy each day and I felt more calm and relaxed than I have in weeks.

Travis and I have been really diligent in making it to the gym 4-5 times a week during this pregnancy and it has helped me relieve loads of stress that I feel between work and home life (living with 3 other adults under the same household while you are pregnant is sometimes really overwhelming), but the pressure of making it to the gym that much after a 9 hour work day sometimes leaves me feeling extremely exhausted. This weekend I promised myself that I was going to let myself sleep in until at least 8:00am (curse of being an early bird, I'm always up at 5-6am even on weekends >.<), eat a big breakfast, stay in my sweats, maybe not shower, maybe go to the gym and not feel guilty if I don't, eat things that are bad for me (don't judge, I've been so good this whole pregnancy at eating insanely healthy), and attending church without my cell phone and bringing along my physical scriptures to mark every thought that inspires me.

I did. I really did all of the above and it felt so good. sometimes I measure how successful I am with how many things I can cross off my to-do list, or by how many miles I ran, or how much work I was able to accomplish in a work day. I have been throwing too many things at myself to accomplish each day and one thing I need to remember is there will always be something to do tomorrow and it doesn't always need to be done today. may seem obvious, I know.. but to me, that thought really helped me relax and understand that life is always going to busy and hectic and it is so important to take time to do things for yourself and enjoy the moment. although, I'm not sure that staying in my sweats and eating candy for breakfast was good for me (or baby.. he isn't used to much sugar and I knew it! he went crazy after some sour punch straws that I quickly inhaled from Travis' secret stash), but it was good for my soul :)

hope you all had a wonderful, relaxing, no-stress weekend.