Who knew rest was so crucial?

Rest is the key to my sanity

I'm writing this from my kitchen table on the SECOND snow day - happily trapped at home because it's either too snowy or too cold to venture out into the great outdoors. Actually, we played in the snow yesterday afternoon and had a blast.

After wiping away the tears from my daughter's eyes, since she CAN'T go to school for the second day in a row, we seem to be hitting our stride. The kids are getting along better than expected - playing AND sharing well. I'm getting lots of small details done around here. The past two days have gone remarkably well.

I'm so pleased to announce that after going to bed after what seemed like way too early (10:00 p.m.) and getting a full night's sleep, I'm surprised how rested and refreshed I feel.

As the house gets more under control (and I get some much-needed space between myself and the craziness from the holidays), I'm starting to feel more calm and relaxed. Instead of having days that feel like an episode of "24" where the world is nearly about to reach an apocolyptic end, I'm starting to feel like I can focus on other projects: such as building a business and organizing my life.

For me, this means I'm cleaning out my email and reorganizing what comes in...something I rarely take the time to do but have needed to do for months. And for the kids, that means we're doing some MAJOR clean-up of their rooms, their clothes and their toys. I'm finding myself categorizing trucks vs. trains vs. cars vs. pirates vs. action figures OR princesses vs. fairies and dollhouse furniture vs. castle items.

So perhaps the key is refreshing sleep, a cup of hot coffee and playing in the snow. This is exactly what I needed to re-set.