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2011 In Review
I think 2011 can be summed up by what's happening as I'm trying to type this - my one year old is climbing my legs, trying to eat stuff off the floor, putting said floor food into the garbage, pulling over the appliances, choking on the too-much stuff he's stuffed in his mouth, whining to be picked up, and trying to get into the compost. It's been ( Read more... ) -
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Up this morning at 5:30 a.m. Why, why, why on Saturdays, children? Why? You're such little tyrants. I don't know how something that weighs 18 pounds can be such a harsh dictator ( Read more... ) -
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So, for two weeks, every time I've tried to log into LJ, I've got a message that the site is unavailable. I read their support page and learned that they were having some system troubles, but it made me realize how much I enjoy reading here (though my visits are fewer than they used to be, now that my free time is so limited). Also, one of my ( Read more... ) -
Spinning. It ain't for wimps.
On January 2, my friend Julia invited me to a spinning class that she goes to regularly. I sat on that bike and I loved it, right from go. I have been going once a week, on Saturdays, ever since. However, I lucked out at Josh's school's fun fair recently, when I noticed that the spinning gym (which is a local business) had donated a one month pass ( Read more... ) -
There's so little energy left, and yet so much to take on.
I'm sitting here feeling like someone pulled the plug on my energy stores and they're slowly seeping out of me. Is this because I have a wee baby that I'm trying to sleep train through the night? Or is it the effect of getting older? I have a feeling it's more that just being the mom of a 6 month old baby. I feel tired all over. I think of all the ( Read more... ) -
Man, life is delicious.
Everything is so great right now. Yesterday, I stopped mid-walk and said to God, "thank you for this". "This" is too big to encapsulate, though, and I'm paranoid that if "they" find out how amazing everything is, and how happy I am, "they'll" take it away from me. So I mostly try to keep it under wraps, but sometimes my gratitude just bursts out ( Read more... ) -
Tick another off the list.
This morning I finished the course work for another course in my Master's program. I am so relieved! I feel like I've been granted a pardon from prison, and now I have all this free time to do with whatever I want. Let me say, this was the best course I've ever taken, so there's no part of me that resents having to do all that work. But doing it ( Read more... ) -
Who's up for an all-nighter?
Not really my best pun, but I'm tired.
I'm staring down some serious night-time school work. It takes me back to the days of university when this was status quo. In those days, I didn't have a baby waking up every 2 hours, or a 5 year old to get up and get ready for school. And though those things are certainly realities, in my mind, I'm still a ( Read more... )