Is this my life?

After a wonderful Christmas break and a few days of peaceful vacation with my husband, it was back to reality.  This week, I found myself back in the daily grind...wake-up, get ready, take Ben to the babysitter's, go to work, pick Ben up, come home, play with Ben, cook dinner, start laundry, clean up kitchen, read books to Ben, get Ben to bed, lights out, and tomorrow...we do it all over again!  You get the idea.  Some may refer to this as:

• a typical day
• a routine
• someone that is on-task
• exciting (I'm sure there is someone out there that would find this exciting...please???  anyone???)
• someone who is extremely boring (yep, that's us) 

As for me, I refer to this as...life!  Yes, I know, a real epiphany huh!  Really though, this is my life and every once in a while I have to make myself stop and appreciate it.  Sometimes, when I'm mad at myself because I forgot about the dryer and now my dress pants are an inch to short, or when I get ready to walk out the door in the morning and remember that I forgot to pack Ben's bag the night before (and yes, I'm already 5 minutes late), or when Andy emails me with just a "few" errands for me to run after work, or when I'm so tired from a sleepless night with a toddler; all I can do is stop, relax, and try VERY hard to appreciate these moments. 

You know what I'm talking about, we all have these moments.  My life can be chaotic, but there are those that have more kids, more jobs, and less time than me.  I can complain as much as the next person, but the next person probably has something to actually complain about (I'm just feeling sorry for myself).  I can get fed up with my husband and my son, but there are those that probably wish they had a family to be fed up with.  Life is what you make of it, and it's something that needs to be celebrated, enjoyed and appreciated.

So, early this week when I was doing laundry (the third load that evening) and I begrudgingly went to get the laundry basket...this is what I found. 

It's amazing how this little moment in my life changed the mundane task of laundry that evening.  Did I want to fold the laundry, ARE YOU KIDDING ME???  Of course I didn't, but it was certainly a lot easier now that my heart was happy, I had a smile on my face, and I had a little "helper" beside me.

Yes, this IS my life...and I'm going to enjoy every minute of it!