Last night was R-girl’s orientation for high school…
* d e e p b r e a t h *
…and we arrived 12 minutes late. Because I didn’t drive to the high school. I drove to the middle school. I pulled into the empty parking lot and said, “Where is everyone?? Do I have the time wrong? Was it last night??” I looked at R-girl, panicked and perplexed. (Me, not her.)
Then it hit me. The high school orientation would be at the high school. Not the middle school.
[sigh]
I can do change. I can. Sometimes it just takes me a while…
A few months ago when Miss Sarah caught a glimpse of my passions and suggested that maybe a few intentional, creative changes—like possibly even redoing my living room or something—could be therapeutic, I let the thought start simmering. (That’s my living room, above, circa the last couple years.)
A few months later when Miss Heather tantalized me with this yummy photo (via Design*Sponge), the thoughts started coming to life (as in, I couldn’t stop thinking about them).
Well, folks, the time has come. The living room changes are finally kicking in. Slowly, but yes quite surely. (Plus some changes in all other corners of R-house, which you’ll see eventually.)
Step one? As you might have heard last week, I scored a great deal on Craigslist and this weekend, I hung it. All by myself I might add.
I consider it living room upgrade part one, with more to come. Hopefully eventually to include a few other pops of color and a to-die-for pink couch to replace the OK-I-guess-it’s-still-pretty-cool, $20 Goodwill couch I have right now.
Because a living room upgrade is not only a good antidote for grief. It’s also a pretty good distraction for the mom in semi-denial that she has a brand new high schooler (?!?!).
by julie rybarczyk
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