The girls are at daycare (thank God Hannah recovered quickly), and I'm taking a "me" day. Last night I went to bed at 8:30. I'm pretty sure I haven't done that since the food poisoning hell of last summer. But I needed it. I felt physically ill, with body aches like the flu. I don't know if it was just the stress and sadness of the day, or some minor version of what Hannah had. Caroline had a rough night, too, so she might have been feeling the same. I slept in some this morning, but honestly, I could really use about a week of sleep to really recuperate.
So today I decided to just do fun or relaxing stuff. Top on my list was redesigning the blog. My big motivation was getting some sort of logo that I could use on business cards for BlogHer '09, which is two weeks away.
[Sticking my fingers in my ears and singing, "la la la la lala la lala" so as not to think about all I have to do before then.]
This is actually a wholly different design than the other one I worked up a few days ago. I'm fickle that way. So take a minute to click through and tell me what you think. Actually, only tell me what you think if you like it. Or if you have some minor tweak that won't cost me hours to fix. Deal?
I'm tempted to go with a funnier tag line, like "now with 50% more eyebrow" or "lettin' the cracks show," but I'm afraid that would lose first-time readers who may just appreciate a straight-forward description.
Now I just need to work up the business cards. I think I'll eat lunch (at 3:15 in the afternoon!) and shower first, though. I know - lofty ambitions.
On a more serious note, thank you all so very, very much for your kind words of condolence. I think it would be naive of me not to recognize that losing Bear might trigger a bit of PTSD. So I'm going out of my way to be kind to myself.
Are you treating yourself well today? Any suggestions for one who's out of practice?
