A need to record and not rust

I have been thinking recently about the fact that I don't write nearly enough on a daily basis.  (I also do not read nearly enough, but that is a separate issue that I will amend elsewhere).  I used to do both things so often, efficiently and well.  Hunkering down to write has been intimidating me more and more lately.  I need to embrace writing, not only to improve my rusty writing skills, but also for my poor rusty brain that wants to remember these days of my early LATE twenties.

My current situation:

I've just reentered society after taking a lovely sojourn into hermitude* with my beloved baby girl.  I realized that I could be pretty happy just living simply, day to day, in a small contained environment.  Does that sound weird?  It sounds weird to me, but I think I could make do in a wide range of situations and find happiness.   I liked that one in particular, though.  Maybe I was just happy because I needed to adjust to the (admittedly partly self-inflicted) isolation of having a newborn.  I did enjoy it and am very thankful for that time.  So much time just me and Eleanor, just looking at her and feeding her and resting.  Learning about her and establishing a routine. 

Now I am back in the office and on public transportation, going for walks and to the grocery store.  I can't control things exactly any longer, and I am learning to get over that (this was something I knew I needed to do, but put off). INTERLUDE (must break for the breast pump).  Yes, now there is a new routine:

0600 - wake up (snooze once)
0615 - make coffee
0620 - put together bottles and pump parts
0630 - start skin/eye/teeth regimin
0645 - change Ellie's diaper because she's been mooing!
0650 - get snacks/lunch ready and pick out clothes
0700 - do hair
0710 - feed Eleanor
0730 - burp Eleanor
0735 - get dressed, make up, and run around doing last minute things to prep for nanny
0750 - depart for work
0830 - workin' workin'
0945 - PUMP!
1300 - PUMP!
1530 - PUMP!
1700 - head home
1740 - settle in
1755 - feed Eleanor
1815 - burp Eleanor
1820 - cook dinner
1900 - eat dinner
1915 - feed Eleanor, bedtime routine
1945 - finish eating dinner
2000 - relax time
2100 - clean pump parts and prep for next day
2200 - get ready for bed as fast as possible and go to sleep

I am really liking this routine so far, especially at 1740 when I get home! I love breastfeeding and hope to do it for as long as possible.  So anyway, it's spring now, and that's what's up!

THE END OF FIRST POST (of this iteration of the blog).

*Did I make up this word? Should be real.