Taking a break....

Taking a break...

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It's been an exceptional very busy few days!

My days at school are a bit smoother which is an enormous relief. Unfortunately, they are no less exhausting! Each lesson I do becomes a circus act or comedic performance! I have a very special relationship with the ladies I work with in my classroom. They have seen me act like a complete moron to hold the attention of a child to teach them something new! There is an immense amount of blackmail out there on me!

The weekends have been filled with football activities and weekend planning. One of the things we have been planning was Luke's birthday party and the weekend was finally here!

Friday was filled with cake making, cake decorating and house cleaning! Then came the big day!

A morning of fun at 

The County Movie Theatre in Doylestown 

for all his classmates, 

our friends and their children, 

and some of our family!

It was a HUGE HIT! 

Everyone had a great time!

Luke especially!

After the party, we had some family over for lunch and cake. 

It was relaxing!

It was fun!

It went so smoothly!

I woke up this morning knowing we had a few errands to run before spending a cold, potentially rainy, afternoon outside at Luke's football game,

and I decided to take a break!

I still had sleepy eyes...

I had major bed head...

and I knew I wanted to write a post 

but didn't know where to begin...

so I made a conscious decision to do nothing!

I took a break!

With mellow music on 

and my coffee in hand,

I closed my eyes, 

breathed, 

and consciously chose to do nothing!

I was successful for maybe 4 minutes 

before Domenic said I seemed too quiet (HA!)

But it felt AMAZING!!!!

Later this afternoon, as I was procrastinating from planning my circus acts and writing my material for my comedic performances, I stumbled upon this picture with an article about how as a society we stink at taking breaks.

I promised myself I would try harder to take good breaks!

I'm joking of course but breathing in the moment 

and recognizing all the happy matters in my life 

is definitely a worthwhile practice!