I have swine flu. We had to cancel Keaton's small birthday party. I am so sad but aware that exposing people to the flu isn't acceptable, even in the name of birthday cake ( Read more... )

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Feeling:

exhausted.
anxious.
...about money, job, future, being or at least becoming something, sometime, somehow ( Read more... )

I stumbled on old journals. Read a few pages. I'm shocked by how my life used to be. I'd forgotten so much of the early years with Ali. I put up with absurd things, crazy things, that I can't believe I put up with. How did our relationship last ( Read more... )

Keaton is walkin' now, has made it across rooms on his own. He still crawls as his main form of mobility, but the walking is there ( Read more... )

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I know I've still got 2 months, but I've been thinking a lot about Keaton's first birthday. What is usual for such a thing? He won't remember it. I don't want sugar-overload, so no matter what we do, even if it's a dinner with just us, I'm using his birthday as an excuse to buy a vegan tres leches from Mr. Natural (sweetened with raisin juice). ( Read more... )

No clients today so I thought I'd bring Keats to work with me. While having him here is not conducive to work, really, it is an awful lot of fun. He's tearin' the place up now, and an hour ago he was quietly napping in the vocal booth, the microphone hovering over his head. Why didn't I turn the mic on and record his sweet sleep sounds? Another ( Read more... )

I am not into doing nurseries for babies because I feel like it's a waste of resources. By the time the kid is old enough to understand the theme, s/he'll be too old to want it and ready for somethin' else. But this is something I would love to put in K's bedroom for a little somethin' different. Nice, huh?

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