I can’t deny the fact that since I’m a new mother, it has affected everything in my life.  Yup, no joke.  (Sarcasm at it’s worst.)  So instead of trying to separate this life and motherhood away from each other, it seems that I will have to merge the two peacefully.  Not fully… more like a venn diagram.  Maybe if I can pull off this merge, I will get something accomplished here as well.

Although I’ve been a mother for only eight months and busy being pregnant for nine months before that, this amount of time has gone by super fast for me.  But, it has also felt like it has sucked out so much more time from me.  More time away from this.  From writing, listening, and writing, and listening.  While colleagues are passing me by, I get down on myself for not keeping up.  Then I have to slap myself in the face and say, “Wake up woman!  You’ll only get this time with your son once in your life!”  This is true and this is right.  I can’t be a neglectful mom. So, how will this merge happen?  How can I make it successful?  Guess we’ll just have to find out.

In the meantime, I’ve introduced son to The Bad Plus yesterday. We listened to “Iron Man” while I danced around him. Then attempted to play the piano part for him. He was not amused. He wanted to play himself. I think I’ve got a new student on my hands.