Coffee Date

Thanks for all of the well-wishes on the arrival of our sweet baby! It’s been a busy whirlwind of sleepless nights, zombie-like days, and tons of visitors so far! He’s a popular little guy!

I love reading and writing blogger “coffee date” (or wine date!) posts as a little break from the everyday food and travel stuff. Life has certainly changed quite a bit since I last wrote one!

If we were having coffee today, what life updates or random musings would you share?

{Coffee with brunch at Brennan’s in New Orleans – if we were having coffee today I might choose this very table.}

If we were having coffee today, I would tell you. . .  

– If you don’t feel like you can take a maternity leave, you can basically never take time off ever. I originally set out to take two months off, only to find myself in the recovery room, post-delivery, answering emails and posting on client social media accounts. With a four day old, I was about 60% back to work, and now a month in, I am back to my regular schedule, just with a one month old as my noisy little office mate. I was never good about disconnecting for vacations or weekends (Really, who is?), but I thought for sure after such a major life-changing and medical undertaking, I might be better about unplugging. Not so much.

– I miss running (and jumping and lifting and squatting and yoga) SO much! I was not able to exercise much while pregnant, so I haven’t broken a sweat in at least five months. I can’t wait to lace up my shoes, pound some pavement, and have that alone time back. I may wear running clothes to my six week doctor’s appointment and run straight out that door if she clears me to do so! Of course, there’s the chance that once I can run, I won’t want to!

– I am dying to travel. When I’m not working or taking care of the baby, I am looking up airfares and house rentals and trying to figure out where we can and should go on our first trip together. I haven’t been able to fly since January, so the last time I really went anywhere was to Austin.  My current wanderlust is pretty basic, with me going back and forth between a trip to the North Fork of Long Island or one to Northern California. There’s so much of the world I want to see, but right now I am craving these familiar, beautiful favorites.

– Nicer weather has me jumping for joy. I honestly don’t know how much longer I can make it through New England winters. Seeing things coming to life outside is just the most amazing thing, and knowing that boat season is a couple of weeks away makes me swoon. Summer forever.

– I am hoping to get back to more regular blogging soon, though I don’t entirely know what that content will look like. My nine year blogging anniversary is coming up, and I feel like shaking things up a bit! I am sure that family travel will factor in somehow, though I don’t want to go in the mom blogging direction too much.

Stay tuned!

What’s on your mind today?