Torpidity

As we look back at our past few days, we wonder if we’ve just become lazy.  With the both of us enjoying time off of our responsibilities for the summer, we’ve sort of settled into a lethargic malaise.  Our days are mostly spent getting Safia to sleep (however trying that may be), feeding her (however trying that may be), and sitting around doing basically nothing.  When I think about it, though, I consider this time to be my vacation – and doing nothing is a perfectly good way of enjoying a vacation.  I feel like I should enjoy the nothingness now, for in a number of weeks, it’ll be back to school time, and the craziness and controlled chaos that is my life will begin again.  And it's not that I'm not doing anything - being given the opportunity to watch Safia develop little by little and being involved as a caretaker is a tremendous fortune that I am incredibly grateful for.  But then again, I think about what Ellen and I used to do whenever we had time off…that’s right, travel and adventure.  We used to plan things and do things and get out there and get into ridiculous predicaments (always our own faults of course).  Maybe we are being lazy.  Have we used the baby as an excuse to be lackadaisical and slothful?  We have tried to be conscious about maintaining our individual identities while bringing a child into the mix.  While we understand that our lives have changed immensely, we have not become different people.  So maybe we should shake off the cobwebs and get off our keisters and go out and do something.  "Baby" steps, right?  Short hikes, routine trips to the Y, mini-field trips here and there – we are Yen-Kohls after all. 

Here’s a 30-second video of Safia being really cute.