March just MARCHED right on by, amiright??? Thanks everyone, I’ll be here all week.

March, you were a little nicer to me and thank you for that. I don’t appreciate the last ditch effort of snow and cold winds so I can’t go higher than 4/5 stars of course. But you were probably a solid 3.5 in my book.

Good

• I went to the doctor and she relieved all of my fears and concerns. She told me I wasn’t crazy. Which let’s face it – is partially untrue but still really REALLY nice to hear from a medical professional.
• It takes a village to raise a Danica, and boy have my friends stepped up these last couple of weeks.
• I’ve been going to the bookstore more. I don’t CARE if it’s more expensive, Ryan. Amazon will never compensate for the hour I spent there yesterday running my fingers over spines and drooling over the embossed leather bound classics. I don’t care if I have no desire to read War & Peace; I just want that pretty book on my shelf!!!!!!!
• After months of feeling less than equal to the task I am back to planning fun Harry Potter Book Club events and it feels good. (We’re gonna do a St. George Retreat!!!!!!!!!!!! I am sorry about all the exclamation points guys I just feel good again and can’t stop!!!!!!!!!!!!)
• I bought my own stuff for my Easter basket and spoiler alert it’s beauty products and they’re all shimmery and pink
• I was so scared about sharing my Freezer Meals post because it’s definitely not in my niche but the response was so great! You guys are awesome and I love you.
• My awesome sister got us all Brian Regan tickets for Christmas and the show last week was so much fun!

Bad

• We are slowly moving Reese up to 18 month sized clothing and it makes me so sad because I want her to stay little forever
• When I went to put her in a new pair of 18 month jammies last night I literally COULDN’T BUTTON THEM OVER HER CALVES. They are approximately 5 inches too long for her but NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR HER CALVES. It was mostly hilarious but I was sad she can’t wear them until she leans out (booooo) because they have strawberries on them.
• It is currently March 25 and I have not completed one single book of my 3 book goal. In my defense I’m finishing Quiet today and nearly finished A Darker Shade of Magic last night. I picked up Illuminae at the bookstore yesterday and I have a solid 6 days to read and hopefully finish it. Yikes, Danica.
• I made a big comprehensive spring cleaning list and we have completed literally one area – the living room. That’s it.
• I only got to a few Zumba classes this month and didn’t make it through the entirety of any of them before I was dizzy or completely exhausted and dropped out. Lame.

On My Brain

• My sweet friend Keisha recommended this article about spirituality and depression and it really resonated with me. Even if you aren’t full-blown-depressed it’s easy to feel vibes of worthlessness and unworthiness (different things, didyaknow?). You are still a child of God; He loves you and He isn’t punishing you.
• Chelsea featured me for her Motherhood Project, and also another high school friend of mine – Katie. I think it’s such a great idea to share ideas and experiences about motherhood this way. It has me thinking a lot about different parenting styles and the “mommy wars.” It’s all I want to talk about these days!!!!
• This place
• I bought not one but TWO jumpsuits. I haven’t even tried them on yet, even though they arrived on Tuesday. I’m too scared/excited!
• My new Bullet Journal!!!! I made an entire pinboard dedicated to spreads and pages I want to try. See you in my BuJo (apparently that’s what the cool kids call it?), April!!!

But mostly what’s on my brain is you guys. You have no idea how much your friendship and kind comments have meant to me the past few weeks (ok, months). It really has been kind of a mess. It’s been a lot of fake smiling and crying in the shower like a grown-a** adult. It’s been a lot of channeling Leslie Knope and drinking Red Bulls. It’s been a lot of lying awake at night and wondering why anyone would ever want to be my friend. It’s been a lot of hard realizations of who my friends are and those who simply aren’t. Luckily there are exponentially more of the former and just a few sad cases of the latter. I feel so blessed by your love and friendship, which I know full well I don’t remotely deserve. You guys make me feel like this:

Thank you, truly. xoxo, D.