Maintenant

There are three partially-placed things going on in my head right now:

• I wish I knew enough French to only speak in French for a whole day. Though my teacher hates me, my French class has made me appreciate the sound of my own voice speaking this beautiful language.
• Partial lyrics to "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morrissette. 
• Partial verses to the song "God So Loved the World" that is in the church choirbook.

An odd list, to be sure. But I guess it also speaks to how weird and long of a week this has been. On Sunday night, I had this feeling of dread for the coming week. On Monday morning, I set out to make the best of it all. On Tuesday afternoon, I told my husband that my brain and schedule were so overloaded that the physical manifestation had kept me home from school.

His response was, "Let's just take it all one thing at a time."

And so I have been. And things have been working out. And even better than that, I knew that I wasn't having to do this alone - the value of the "Let's" portion of that phrase became immeasurable as the hours turned into days past.

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I am so excited to be below triple digits for the Jack Attack to come. He has gotten more exciting to be around lately - when he first showed up, it was like he was barely even here. But, just thinking about how in less than 3 months we might be holding the only First Child we'll ever have, it makes him more "here" than ever. We've amassed just a few cute things, but the real gathering of baby goodness probably won't happen until it absolutely has to. The thing is, that day is sooner than it feels like!

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I am really looking forward to this weekend.