Jane is "on break" from school this week, which is semi-meaningless. Andy fell and hurt his hip yesterday. Alice is napping ( Read more... )

I find myself wanting less and less to be my child's mom. She started preschool so I'm actually getting breaks from her. It's only been two weeks. But when she comes home, instead of feeling energized and like I'm able to play with her for the short amount of time between coming home, dinner, and her bedtime, it just feels that much worse ( Read more... )

I just stopped nursing Jane, and I read there can be some depression that comes with that, so maybe that's what this is. I don't know ( Read more... )

No, that's not a metaphor. But I did have a baby ( Read more... )

I recently went back to my dad's house because he's putting the place on the market. Since I moved out (ten years ago), they had put my stuff in boxes in the attic, but now was the time to go through them ( Read more... )

Andy's gone again, gallivanting around on a boat for the next five weeks. He's had some amazing opportunities in the last few years. Who knew that paleontology afforded such chances for international travel? But it's hard for me ( Read more... )

Hi, notes to myself. I am still here. Maybe I'll try an actual update sometime soon. Andy and I will be celebrating six years as a couple this Sunday. Dutch babies (pancakes, that is!) all around.

My dad told me this weekend that there had been a fire at my home church. I won't go into details, as the police are still looking into things. It was small, contained, and no one was hurt ( Read more... )

I've been thinking about people that have hurt me lately, for whatever good that will do (and the answer is none). I hate when I get like this, because even though I'm happily married, I can still look back at those relationships along the way and conjure those bad feelings. It's not being angry with anyone, or even sad that it didn't work out ( ( Read more... )

You know what? I'll just say it. It hurts that my Ecua-crew didn't represent at the wedding.