It feels like it's 4am, not 11pm.... long gone are the days when I was just heading out at this time of night. If I had known then what I know now, I'd probably have partied more (and harder better faster stronger). Honestly, it didn't occur to me then that I needed to get in a lifetime's worth. Perspective is sometimes sudden, like walking into a ( Read more... )

It's so difficult to write coherently when I'm falling asleep. Really, I need to put errands off for a half-hour or so in the mornings so I can try writing while fully awake. Although, then I run the risk of getting swallowed by the internet and not coming up for air until the kids are out of school. And we all know that running errands with ( Read more... )

While making dinner, I inadvertently dumped boiling water all over my hand. It hurt so much that I actually had tears in my eyes. Now my right hand has that tight-hot-painful feeling... a reminder of my graceful moves. This happens to be the very same hand that I sliced open on the corner of a cabinet earlier in the week. I'm not always this clumsy ( Read more... )

Earlier today, I set the DVR to record the movie Proof. This evening, I sat down to watch it with all of my ready-to-fold laundry. It was really good. Until! The last 15 minutes of the movie did not record... instead, it's a blank screen until the credits roll. Maddening. I did a search and the movie does not seem to be on again during the next ( Read more... )

Josh is due home any minute now... I'm so ready to see him. It has been a rough week, and he gives the very best hug therapy. He probably needs a little hug therapy himself; I know he starts feeling rather isolated being away from home so much ( Read more... )

It was 70 degrees outside this morning when I took Max & Khai to school-- love it-love it-love it. I hope we have a few more days like this in store. There's been a lot of rain, so even though it has been just five days since I last mowed, it needs done again. I'm glad the grass is happy, even if I do have to mow more often ( Read more... )

Josh was digging in the closet, pulling out clothes to pack for his weekly trip to Tulsa. He had navy pants and was looking for a shirt when he paused and said, "I almost grabbed this lighter blue shirt, but I have Michael Kors in my head telling me it's a little too matchy-matchyJosh! Worried about being too matchy-matchy! This is proof that ( Read more... )

Several posts have been started and then abandoned over the last week-- between interruptions and my own mental wanderings, there's not much focus to be found. There were also many, many emails that were begun... but then I realized days later that I never hit SEND.

Having Josh home for four days last week instead of the usual two made so much ( Read more... )

The wind is blowing so hard and in such long gusts that it kind of sounds like the ocean. It's unexpectedly calming ( Read more... )

I hadn't really dared to hope that it would happen-- but Josh is on his way home right now! His flight lands in about an hour. I'm both relieved and pleasantly surprised... and just so ready to spend some time with him. Max & Khai are excited, which of course means that there will be no sleep prior to picking Josh up at the airport. I'm okay with ( Read more... )