#serendipityisrandom

This is not today's #SunriseInRebelshire. This is a #Totes #Latergram, taken during yesterday's #sunrise. This morning I slept in, in small part because it is grey and gloomy, but mostly because I stayed up too late watching telly. I am dying for coffee. Unfortunately I have to fast for a medical appointment. The dreary weather feels appropriate. So rather than bask in the warm glow of the Sun while sipping the sweet elixir of the gods, I'm thinking a long hot shower is my only hope for kickstarting my fuzzy brain. #CoffeeIsMyfriend #imissmyfriend #MorningMusing #SerendipityIsRandom (at New York, New York)

All the kids who used to wait all week for #SaturdayMorningCartoons know, that ish was serious business. I still crack up when I read my original caption on this photo of my wee Rebels. Four years ago?! They were so little. And so very earnest. #CountingConundrum #MickeyMouse #SerendipityIsRandom (at New York, New York)

Some #Mornings, am I right? I did not, in fact, wake up like this. At least not today. The Boy came in and discovered his sister, still sleeping, was next to me in bed. I thought he might want a cuddle. Instead, he covered my eyes with my hair, proclaimed, "you can't see me now!" Then he started looking for the iPads. Not the strongest show of strategic thinking from my 6yo. Then again, maybe this has worked in the past and I was too sleepy to remember. #SerendipityIsRandom #BedHead #kaleidoscope #MessyHairDontCare (at New York, New York)

#ThoseHighlightsTho! 😎😍🤓 The beauty of a #sunrise isn't only painted out on the sky or clouds. For a moment this morning my slice of the #NYC #skykine seemed to be standing in front of pink marble. Given the limits of my iPhone, however, I couldn't capture what my eyes could see. Turning my #focus away from the horizon allowed me to appreciate the color and quality of the #light itself, and the exquisite way it kissed the edges of all those balconies. Such are the details that set the old master painters apart. Such are the #littlethings I am glad to occasionally stumble over. When I am lucky to do so, such are the things I remind myself to stop and give my full attention, before the moment passes. #SerendipityIsRandom #MorningMusings #SunriseInRebelshire #itsthelittlethings (at New York, New York)

Let's be #Real, mmmkay? I just took these pics of my apartment: the living room/dining area above, and 2 views of my bedroom below. Believe it or not, I spent 75% of the day yesterday decluttering my room. After days of rising anxiety I realized my mental health required that I shift my sights away from the laundry, cooking, and anything writing-related, to containing the chaos around me. All the Christmas boxes were finally sent down to the basement storage, I moved around furniture, actually unpacked from the ski trip (which I returned from over a week ago), tossed out tons of paper, and put things in their place. You can't see the closet, but it has been overhauled as well. I went to bed feeling a huge weight had been lifted, and woke up pleased with myself. Then, I walked into the living room, where the Rebels had already reconstructed the forts of blanket-covered toppled furniture my husband and I dismantled last night. Toys, books, #veryimportant scraps of scribbled paper, and lord knows what else liter every surface. It's normal, I reckon, given that the Rebels are a 6yo Boy and a Girl who is spitting distance from her 5th birthday. So I'm not angry, or even frustrated, I'm just tired. I simply do not want to clean up the mess in the living room. The corner of the dining room you can't see is filled with #LEGOS, #KaplaBlocks, art supplies, and who knows what else. I try to organize it all, purge what I can, shove it all back into their bedroom... It never lasts. For apartment dwellers the conundrum of what to do with all your crud is the real Neverending Story. The other day @darlademorrow broke the bad news that the Organizing Fairy isn't going to swoop in and save me :( On the bright side, I'm going to chat with her tomorrow. Why? Because she is literally writing the book on organizing, and wants to pick my brain about some of my challenges. Which, now that I think of it, is reason enough for me to ignore this mess. At least for today. #MorningMusings #OneWord #Focus #SerendipityIsRandom and an #Overwhelmed #Clutterbug #RealityMoms (at New York, New York)

Long night + rough morning = Mama needs a #MomentOfZen. Today's #DailyMeditation: Listening to the #cicadas' song, gazing at #sunlight dance in the pool, half wishing I could be chill and float along like this leaf. Then again, it probably can't hear the cicadas, nor appreciate the quiet beauty of watching a breeze play with the Sun's reflection on a pool surface. #DeepThoughts on a #SundayAfternoon because #SerendipityIsRandom. (at San Antonio, Texas)

#RiddleMeThis: Is a #sunroof still a sunroof when you're watching the rain? #DeepThoughts and #DailyMeditation courtesy of a #Summer #thunderstorm. #SerendipityIsRandom (at New York, New York)