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I'm currently in Oxford at the Piers Plowman conference while Rich and the kiddies are at the cottage in the Cotswolds. I love immersing myself in academia after all the stresses of travelling with very small children. I'm enjoying my brief separation from three-year-old-level conversations (although I miss Riley and Bella already) and mixing and ( Read more... )

I can't believe it, but Rich and I survived taking a plane with a three year old and an eight month old from Vancouver to London. It was EXHAUSTING, even though the kids were actually pretty good - very little crying or acting out or anything. They were, however, rather wakeful, and it is so tiring trying to keep two little kids happy for a plane ( Read more... )

This was started a week ago, but was delayed due to technical difficulties ( Read more... )

I am defending my dissertation tomorrow. OMG!

That's all I have to say right now. Two kiddies need to get to bed, then I am gonna chill out and watch "Inside Job". And try to stay relaxed.

OMG!

I SUBMITTED MY DISSERTATION TODAY. Yes, I'm using caps. That's all I have to say. Oh, except for this: as soon as I submitted, I looked at the diss again and caught a couple of silly little errors (like a few times I used ampersands instead of "and" when I referred to _Troilus and Criseyde_ in the intro chapter, and there were a couple instances of ( Read more... )

I'm regularly reading my Friends' Page on LJ but I'm hardly posting anything myself. Here's the quick update, in convenient bullet-point form, for anyone who is mildly interested ( Read more... )

Although Isabella and Riley seem (so far) to have similar temperaments, I didn't realize how lucky I was with Riley in the breastfeeding department. He knew how to latch on correctly from day 1, and I never had any problems with it. Isabella's latch goes on and off, and she can also be a lazy eater after about 5 minutes, and these factors combined ( Read more... )

I am happy to announce that Isabella Grace was born at home, in a birthing pool in our living room, at 4:27 AM Saturday August 7. She weighed in at 8 pounds, 13 ounces - over a pound more than my son did ( Read more... )

So...I'm 38 weeks pregnant now and feeling huge and tired and a bit panicky. I have done nada, zip with the nursery except to put Riley's old crib in there (my desk and books and boxes are still sitting there). I am rushing to finish a full draft of the diss before the baby gets here - I'm getting close, but I know there will still be some revision ( Read more... )