desserts and stress(ed)

sometimes when i'm stressed i crave sweets. other times i crave salty snacks. and still other times i have no appetite and have to force myself to eat. the form of stress i'm feeling now seems to come with a mixture of all of the above.

all the stresses of buying a house are starting to really wear on me. i don't normally sleep all that well, but now i know that i'm not even resting. my mind does not shut off at night, which tends to make for some interesting dreams and thoughts in my head at 2 or 3 am. my level of exercise seems to ebb and flow with my mood and appetite. some days pbs and i get out for a short walk. some days the walks are all day affairs. other days we don't get out at all. i guess that kind of goes with being a sahm.

yesterday pbs and i took the metro downtown and walked the tidal basin to see the cherry blossoms. with the warmer weather that we've had so far this spring, the blossoms had already peaked and were really greening out. they were still beautiful. but it was a little disappointing to not see them in full bloom.

(we also went to the natural history museum to see the dinosaurs because pbs loves the kids program on pbs called "dinosaur train". he was very excited to see the "t-rex" and "tops". "tops" is what he calls a triceratops. we ate some lunch in the cafe and then went for a walk on the mall. i decided i wanted to see an exhibit or two at the hirschorn museum. that is definitely one of my favorite art museums.)

i kind of felt like my stress, the blossoms and the weather have all been on a similar pattern lately. so many ups and downs. so many new adventures to conquer and explore.

although we still feel like we should be going to open houses and looking at houses on the weekends, we're figuring out what we need to do. so with all of the many stresses, comes many learning experiences. we will get to enjoy the desserts of our labor(s) in a few weeks.