Every time I read the NieNie Dialogues, I always realize how selfish I am. Whenever I feel like I have too much to do, or I don't want to do all that I do, reading her words always makes me realize what a blessing it is that I have so many wonderful things to do, and that I am able to do all those things. Hearing her wish she could sit on the floor and play with her children again, or pick her crying child up and comfort him- it makes me realize how blessed I am, and how much I really love serving my family.
Last week at our Mary Kay unit meeting, our director said some things that I really loved, that I wish I had the courage to dare to do. She was talking about using our time in our days more efficiently and helping us realize that we really have time to do whatever it is we decide to do. If I want to do something bad enough, if I make it important enough to me, then I can make time for it to get done. This is something she has talked about before many times- and I know she is SO good at doing this. I also know it has taken her years to learn this skill of using all our time, not just living appointment-to-appointment. She said that she doesn't watch TV anymore, because she just can't sit and do nothing anymore. She said she just can't do it- she has too many other things she WANTS to be doing. It's not that she wants to watch TV and just doesn't let herself because she knows it's unproductive, but she's gotten to a point where she doesn't WANT it anymore. I loved that- and I really admire that. She also challenged us to quit "dorking around with mediocrity" and get up and find and fulfill our potential. :) It made me think of all the things I do in a day, and wondering how much I really COULD do if I cut certain things out. I'm sick (again- usually I only get sick twice a year-ish, and now twice in two months... maybe then I'm done until next year?) so I don't think today is a good day to start. But I'm definitely making some goals for myself once I recover concerning idle uses of my time.
In other news, Audrey has learned to click her tongue, and it is definitely one of her new favorite sounds. She can take a few steps if I help her- getting the hang of the whole "one foot in front of the other" deal. She is also learning to stand and hold onto things by herself, like the couch, a chair, the wall, her crib, whatever it is. She also ALMOST pulled herself up to standing position yesterday. She is getting so strong! I really think she might just walk before she learns to crawl. Her horrible diaper rash is better, which she is happier about- I'm wondering if it was just a random thing, or if she was sensitive to the new kind of wipes we tried. I wondered for a while if it was food-related; I'd heard that babies can get diaper rashes if they are sensitive to a food they are eating, but I pulled her off all solids for a while and it didn't make a difference. Who knows. My good friend Qait told me that Extra-Emollient Night Cream worked wonders on really bad diaper rashes (don't laugh, it's true). Too bad- it's kind of an expensive (yet amazing) diaper rash cream though. But Desitin finally pulled through if I slathered enough on. She is still teething- still an off/on kind of thing. I kind of feel like the teeth that were so close to surfacing have retreated back into her gums. :P
Thomas is in Salt Lake for the day- he and Michael went to go pick up his shipment of shoes and to spend his free coupon he got for Tucano's, a Brazilian-style place- I can't remember the real word for it, but basically it's like a meat buffet. He should be back by tonight; I'm glad he is only gone for the day. We were going to leave yesterday, and go all as a family, but I got sick and felt I should stay here. I also didn't remember I signed up to do initiatories at the temple today- which I'm still determined to do, provided I can find someone to watch Audrey for me. We really need to get better at getting to the temple regularly- we have such a gorgeous temple just down the street from us.
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