Five Things I'm Loving Right Now

My baby is on the eve of being seventeen months. My husband is well on his way to being teacher of the year [in my book]. And I am maintaining my craziness quite nicely. It's November, y'all, and I'm linking up with a friend of Rebecca's for her monthly "Five Things I'm Loving Right Now." Here goes ...

1. Madagascar 3. These have been some long days for Mama & Boo lately. Four stubborn eye teeth are currently protruding bumps in my baby's gums. Ouch. How have we coped with the extra clingy-ness and whining? Two words. AFRO. CIRCUS. Boo Boo also dressed up as Melman for Halloween. Check him!

2. Basketball, duh. Okay, it was kind of fun to pretend to be a Tigers fan and watch them blow the World Series, but seriously, so amped about my Celtics. Rondo. And Rondo. Did I mention Rondo?! Dates with my hubby & son to go out and watch many-a game. Pumped about the rivalries [but I'll do my best to leave all the trash talking behind]. Seriously though, Lakers/Heat hater right here. And then ... bring on the Cats! Basketball is literally the only shining thing about this weather getting colder. Love it!

3. Tweet, tweet, tweeting on the Twitter. I just really adore Twitter. I have like not that many followers, but who cares? Tweeting allows me to externally process throughout the day, and I know that one day I will love going back and seeing what John and I were up to in the good ol' fall of 2012. Oh, and y'all, follow me here.

4. Alone time Tuesdays. Hubby started teaching high school science (like, uh, physics ... yep, he's a genius) last month. Before that he taught, uh, sixth grade math = big difference. Thus, he's been a little busy adjusting.  On top of that, for the first few weeks, he was still working his night job [Thank God that's done.] and Mama was pulling mega-triple duty at home. One day I realized that it had been six weeks since I'd left the house and just had some down time. This realization on my part coincided with my bestie's [Mandy's] grand idea for us to trade off babysitting each week. She is a smart, smart girl. Yep. It's been really nice to spend a couple of hours sipping on coffee and studying my Bible. I get a taste of my old life + I get to come home to this cutie. Best of both worlds.

5. Discovering me. I shared with y'all in this sort of strange post that God has been bringing up some issues in my life [and using mi familia to do it]. Well, I decided after that scary encounter with myself that I needed to start meeting with an older woman in the faith who is well-versed in the language of inner-healing/counseling. We met for the first time last Tuesday, and it was wonderful. I enjoy being able to process aloud with someone. Especially with someone who is so gentle & wonderful as this dear lady [much, much more to come on just what God reveals]. In trying to understand why I am so terribly jacked up, I turned to my trusty old MBTI preferences for insight. Boy, did my ENFP-ness [don't say that out loud] deliver. ;) This line, this line tells the tale of my life: "Relaxation - even in play - does not come easily to ENFPs. In fact, they almost have to 'work at it.'" BINGO. I discovered that I literally do not know how to relax. Have I ever relaxed? Somebody teach me to relax, please. So, this last thing that I'm loving is NOT always pretty. Or even defined. I'm just learning about myself. Learning how to be myself. Learning so that I can be used [in all my broken glory] to love people towards Jesus.

Thanks for reading, y'all. What are you loving right now?