Currently.

 a sweet moment with H & C

Reading: I have a ton of samples on my Kindle but haven't gotten into anything good lately. Anyone have a great recommendation?

Eating: the most delicious salad my friend Layla brought over today. Seriously, the best gift you can bring a new mother is food! Layla dropped by this morning and brought with her a ton of food for us- homemade pan-fried mung bean, broccoli and tempeh salad (so good!), a freshly baked mixed-berry pie, coconut milk ice cream, juicy watermelon and pineapple, and lemonade. What a gal. Sometimes I get so stuck on the same food day after day that it's incredibly inspiring to be reminded that there are a million and one other foods out there to try and cook. I mean hello, what the heck is a mung bean?

Thinking about: First, watch this video-

So what did you think? Hank and I watched it the other night and got into this whole conversation about the implications of living the way we ("we" as a collective) do. It's like everyone's new normal includes so, so much technology and media that yes, of course it's changing everything, including the makeup of how we deal with each other, like the video gets into. I mean it's changing the way we get married, the way people date, and these are just the super obvious, already-know-that things. It's really crazy to think about how our kids and kids' kids will be affected; what technology will be like for them, and even how it will all shift as our generation gets older. A conversation most of us have already had, but still something that's always interesting to me. And of course, during those conversations I always bring up this little daydream I have about totally disconnecting from every social media outlet and just living without any audience at all (because really, engaging on IG, FB, Twitter, etc, is living with an audience, either in mind consciously or subconsciously). Then I think how weird it is that that seems so crazy and alternately, so scary, and that sparks a whole different branch of discussion. Never-ending!

Listening to: Modern Life is War's new album, Fever Hunting and a lot of Henry's current favorite, Macklemore. haha.

Enjoying: I'm really enjoying being the mama of two. We're still adjusting of course, and some days are really difficult, but there's something really sweet about being able to say "my boys," and have a whole group of them to refer to. Love that. It's pretty awesome to have wanted something, to have had this idea in my mind, and then to just be here. It's only the beginning right now, and it's pretty exciting to think about all the fun to come. I can't wait to see Charlie's personality start to come out, for his tiny newborn legs to turn into chunky baby legs, and to watch the boys play together for the first time. I feel lucky to have so much good on the horizon and I'm just really enjoying this beautiful season of our lives.

Watching: Thanks to my parents we are the proud new users of HBO GO and I feel like a whole new world has opened up. There are so many shows I've never watched because we never wanted to pay the extra million dollars to add on the premium channels to our cable package. So instead I found bad-quality rips of some of my favorite shows (Girls and Curb), or bought them off of iTunes (which incidentally, was just as expensive as subscribing to the premium channels). But now we have so many shows and movies at our disposal. I just got into watching Entourage and absolutely love it. I love all of the guys but I think my favorite characters would have to be Turtle and Lloyd. I'm on Season 3A, so I am hoping Lloyd sticks around! Have you watched Entourage? What do you think? Or do you have any other HBO shows you'd recommend?

Loving: that Autumn is right around the corner, Pink Lady apples and nectarines, my sister (just feeling so grateful for her lately- more than ever), Hank coming home for lunch, finishing up Henry and Charlie's rooms, the next three weekends, and getting in touch with old friends.

So, how about you? What are you up to today? Feel free to do your own "currently" post on your blog and link back in the comments for everyone to check out. And thanks again to my dear friend Megan for providing the original inspiration for these posts.