Can it really already be nearly the end of my maternity leave? Yikes: it flew by so much faster this time since I was so much busier ( Read more... )

Thank you all for the support and comments on the last couple entries. I can't express how important your support was and still is ( Read more... )

I'm not pulling any punches. This post is dark and selfish and raw. I've been crying for the past two days, and this post will reveal the honest thoughts that I would never tell anyone face-to-face ever. But it's my journal, and if I can't be honest with myself (and by extension, you) I would be less than I am ( Read more... )

I'm pregnant ( Read more... )

So we had my family reunion last weekend. And just a day before that, I heard from an online writer friend I hadn't heard from for months. Then over the weekend, more online friends I haven't heard from in awhile dropped me lines. One old college friend wrote to me about meeting up in October, possibly. I've heard recently from my sister in Arizona ( Read more... )

One of Christian's cousins is moving back to Alabama/South Carolina (sounds like the latter one first, then the former one). They only lived up here maybe two years, and his wife couldn't handle the cold winters--migraines and such. I'm sure there's more to it than just weather--the North and the South have very different cultures ( Read more... )

Why is "introvert" equated with "not fun ( Read more... )

Because I'm in an organized and systematical mood, here are my updates ( Read more... )

I had picked all the vegetables in the garden, watered the plants, finished the food in the fridge, done the dishes, packed, and even finished the Korean drama I was watching in preparation for our vacation. We had finally squared away our transportation (friends already in Puerto Rico were going to pick us up instead of us renting another car) and ( Read more... )

With my family's help and one friend's help, we moved the rest of our things from the apartment to the house last night ( Read more... )