Today I was driving home from yet another series of errands and activities [some fun, some not] when I happened to glance at my gas gauge. I was shocked to see it teetering between the empty and red 'below' line-especially since I was in the middle of a high way. I was little worried, but thought no biggie, I'll just get off on the next exit. And of course, immediately after thinking this traffic came to a total and complete stop because of an accident way up ahead. As I sat there for about 15 minutes, the girls asleep in the back, I thought to myself "C'mon Julia-you know better then this! Such a little thing, but since I didn't do it then-now its a big thing and I'm running on empty. And who knows how long until I genuinely CAN NOT go any farther?" I was worried, trying to plan out what I'd do when the inevitable happened and I ran out-do I try to make it to a gas station, or get as close to the shoulder as possible in case I have to pull over? In the end, by some miracle, I made it to the gas station and was able to fill up and everything was just fine. 

But I as I pumped the gas in the empty car, I thought that right now, I wasn't just lucky gas wise-I've been running on empty for about 2 weeks now I think just life wise, and its finally starting to catch up. I think when you have so much good going on in your life, sometimes you forget to take a second to stop and re fuel-bc you don't want to miss out on anything in the process. But then you burn out and it makes for a worse situation then if you would've just stopped when you actually had the ability to CHOOSE to do so, rather then being forced to. 

Life has been so good lately that we haven't wanted to get back into a routine of some work and grind-but at the end of the day, bills have to be paid, chores have to be done, health has to be attended to and reality has to meet up with dreaming. And even though its hard at first, its actually not the worst system in the world when it comes down to it. I think I'm ready to stop having fireworks and cotton candy per say, and get back to some boring old routine classes, schedules, salads and soups. Not too much of it-but definitely some of it haha. 

I think its just been so long-years in fact [possibly even pre-Addy days]-that we've been able to just hang out and spend time doing fun things together without worrying about the clock. So, we've had more fun trips to different parts of the city, lots of delicious food [both at home and outside of it], a few visits with friends and family and a handful of fun outdoor 'adventures' as Addy likes to call them [all of which I will blog about shortly]. We've also begun to incorporate more of the typical appointments, lessons and studies back into it, which has been nice. Lester actually woke up at the crack of dawn the other day to sit down and do more studying now that the life gas gauge has been catching up with us. And I've been running around from make up swim, ballet, and art lessons, along with shopping [groceries and new stuff that fits the girls, bc they are both growing like weeds all of a sudden]. Part of me wishes we had spread it out over more time instead of just filling every day so full of fun stuff-for example, Addy has her first big ballet show, a cake decorating class and they both have swimming this weekend-all while Lester's at work. And then Sunday [the day of the show-who picked that date I ask you?!?!] is Father's Day as well. Its just crazy.

I guess my only point is really-take time to fill your gas gauge. Don't be running on empty-bc I'm learning what should've been an obvious thing to begin with now. Having a full tank isn't just for when things are tough or your having a hard time getting from point A to point B-its also for good times, when you want to have enough momentum to get you from each awesome thing to the next without wearing out and missing out. Bc that is almost where I'm at right now. If I can just make it through another awesome weekend, I am going to force myself to plan a boring, get things done, around here kind of day, so I'm ready for the next adventure. Until then, here are a few pictures of our last few-they've been worth it.