A return to familiar things - H

We got a gym membership. We've only used it twice now, but it's been invigorating for me, even the thought of the possibilities is exciting for me. E and I woke up extra early this morning to get J ready to go to preschool extra early so we could go workout. This brings me back to the days when I used to enjoy my mornings and get my runs or some other workout in, and it's grounded me a bit, I guess. It's given me back a sense of myself, part of my life that's always been important to me since I was a child. It also allows me deliberately to carve out a bit of space for myself which feels different than using J's nap time or some other free time J might give me. I don't know if E and I can keep going together, but that was nice too. This is the kind of thing that we did together before having kids, and that we could workout together again was nice. It was our time together doing something that is important to us, that we enjoy. It was food for our souls, refreshing and nourishing. We'll take J tomorrow to swim and have some family play time in the water. We don't do that enough, and E says that it'll be good for our family to play together more and more regularly - a very insightful observation and wise statement. I agree. We don't do that enough, especially doing something that we all enjoy.