Look Ma, No Frown!
Somebody told me yesterday that I have sounded too sad here of late. I will admit that recent events have aggravated my natural tendency to doooom and glooooom, but hey, I'm still able to savor my healthy breakfast of peanuts and Slim Jims washed down with Diet Coke! (The low-carb options in the snack tray at work are a little, um, sparse.)
Next week I'm going on a trip with SS to a beach in Florida, and I'm really looking forward to that. We'll be hanging out with some friends I don't see that often, although I work with one of them (he works from home), and it'll be great to spend some one on one time with SS recapturiing our pre-MM buddy movie dynamic. I don't say it enough here, but I am just delighted with my elder child and how well he's doing. TDG gets to stay home and mind MM for the weekend, but I hope to return the favor later in the year as he wants to go to a convention.
Before that, some friends from out of town are visiting. I won't get to see them as much as I'd like because of the beach trip, but still, even a few evenings with people I love whom I don't get to see very often are something to look forward to. We're also going out tonight to a semi-regular Friday Night Dinner and we're going to go to see my in-laws this weekend. So much socializing!
And friends brought me birthday cake and presents last night! It was so nice.
Oh, I should probably throw a MM leg update in here. She's out of the split and back to crawling, although not yet willing to stand on it. She has been kind of grouchy the last day or so but I think that's more teeth than leg, as a new tooth nubbin is definitely peeking out of her gums. Thank you all for your messages of sympathy for her.
So there's some of my happy things going on just to balance the crisis reports. I hope everyone reading this has their own silver linings today!
Next week I'm going on a trip with SS to a beach in Florida, and I'm really looking forward to that. We'll be hanging out with some friends I don't see that often, although I work with one of them (he works from home), and it'll be great to spend some one on one time with SS recapturiing our pre-MM buddy movie dynamic. I don't say it enough here, but I am just delighted with my elder child and how well he's doing. TDG gets to stay home and mind MM for the weekend, but I hope to return the favor later in the year as he wants to go to a convention.
Before that, some friends from out of town are visiting. I won't get to see them as much as I'd like because of the beach trip, but still, even a few evenings with people I love whom I don't get to see very often are something to look forward to. We're also going out tonight to a semi-regular Friday Night Dinner and we're going to go to see my in-laws this weekend. So much socializing!
And friends brought me birthday cake and presents last night! It was so nice.
Oh, I should probably throw a MM leg update in here. She's out of the split and back to crawling, although not yet willing to stand on it. She has been kind of grouchy the last day or so but I think that's more teeth than leg, as a new tooth nubbin is definitely peeking out of her gums. Thank you all for your messages of sympathy for her.
So there's some of my happy things going on just to balance the crisis reports. I hope everyone reading this has their own silver linings today!