Summer Chaos

Last week during a text thread with a friend, I mentioned that the chaotic summer we were in. People have always seemed shocked about how much I can get done with chaos going around me. I will credit working in the Emergency Room during the Pandemic as training. I remember an interview where I had a child swinging on my shoulders, and I was able to continue the conversation and be present even with all the wildness going around. Ya, I'd like to be able to be fully heads down and getting stuff off my to-do list. But life isn't that way. Always something to do while getting things done. Work-Life Balance isn't really a thing for me. Being forever online, and present as a parent. So much of my day is juggling the flaming knives of chaos demons. But sometimes, just sometimes we get ice cream for breakfast, and a dance party for lunch. Then an office chair race down the hallway to decided who gets to pick what movie we watch. Ya sure you may here screaming and fighting if we are on a work…