Rants, Recipes, and Running

 Dear Sleep, My distant dear friend, I know we have become distanced over the last 7 months. In fact, I don't believe we have spent more than 3 hours together since February 12. (For I didn't sleep the nights leading up to labor). Please keep in touch and, while we don't spend as much time together anymore, I'd like to rekindle our relationship at your soonest convenience.  Truth be told...It's not you, it's me. Actually...it's not you...it's Maddy. :D We have reached a level of sleep deprivation that one morning this weekend I woke up to myself talking. Apparently, I had been telling Ryan (repetitively) "I don't understand why she's already awake. Why isn't she sleeping." And he was trying to explain to me that she was , indeed, asleep. He even had our Owlet camera pulled up to show me. It was very confusing for both of us because I was talking in my sleep, and neither of us was aware... And that's how tired I am. I don't f

 I went through my old posts - and it was funny seeing the last time I did this in February, I started it off by saying "This is my last Currently post before being a Mom". Well...here I am. A Mom.  It's funny how much I've changed since February 12, 2021 :)   Reading :  The Wife Between Us. It's a psychological thriller and it's been a nice and easy read. I actually had to put it down the other night because the foreshadowing was getting too scary for me. Thinking: About some new "career"-ish endeavors. I had some significant struggles with breastfeeding the 1st 3 months of motherhood. Recently a friend sent her niece my way who was struggling, and I was actually able to help her out and it was very rewarding. I'm looking into becoming a La Leche League advocate - which is a volunteer role. I could take things a step further eventually, and become a lactation consultant (maybe once our children are older and school aged). So for now...this volun