Spring break funk

You know what you get when you stay home for Spring Break?   A giant case of Spring Break funk.  It has spread to my entire family (except Finn, who is thrilled to have everyone home).  Its like a summer teaser, but not a good tease.  "Hey, you're off but its cold.  The pool is not open and you still have to wear a coat.  Happy staycation!"  The lack of schedule has been nice but I am craving the beaches that everyone is posting on Facebook.  By the way, while its socially acceptable to post beach pics during the summer when everyone is enjoying warm weather, it comes off as rude when you post your sand shots any other time of the year.  Especially when its accompanied with one-liners like "paradise" or "my view from the hotel."  Okay, I'm done whining.

Reading always help my family recover from a funk so we made a trip to "paradise", the public library.  I am so excited about my diverse stack:

1.  A spiritual read- A Big Heart Open to God, an interview with Pope Francis.  So far - fabulous.  This is a good man.
2.  Light read - Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan.  I loved her first book, The Middle Place
3.  Historical read- Pat and Dick by Will Swift - story of the marriage of the Nixons - very strange, yet fascinating relationship.
4.  A self-help/how to read- Family Whispering by Melinda Blau and Tracy Hogg

I LOVE having books to read.  It has made all of the difference in my Spring Break funk. The kids needed the library plus the toy store.  I'm okay with that.

Flowers from Trader Joe's also helps:

And retail therapy, especially bargains, really helps.

One of these jars was purchased at Anthropologie last year and two were purchased at Michaels this week.  Can you tell the difference?   They look and feel exactly the same.    The red and blue ones were Michaels, on sale for $4 and $3.   LOVE!

I leave you with a picture of Finn at the toy store.  Yes, I know we need to trash the nuk.     He absolutely fell in love with this stroller and pushed it all around the store, ignoring every other toy around him.   He was not happy when we left without it (but we did buy one of the babies).  I think I know what to get him for his birthday!

Happy Spring Break everyone!