Dear god, when was the last time I posted here?! Damn you FB for swallowing my soul! I'd been working on a book about Noodle's illness called "The Noodle Chronicles: Baby Cancer Sucks," and it absorbed most of my brain and time. Strange to see that there was a lot of shit I still hadn't processed. Very therapeutic in a "throw them in the river to ( Read more... )

So we have pulled Noodle out of his "regular" preschool, which really sucks because we were counting on them for Kindergarten. the reason? Another kid keeps beating the shit out of him, and the school basically refuses to do anything about it ( Read more... )

The depression chicken have come home to roost. Will try to rouse myself and update soon.

Things have been so crazy around here it makes me dizzy ( Read more... )

I agreed to teach a 3 week intensive Musical Theatre workshop this summer, but the whole thing has been such a clusterfuck I'm hoping it falls through.

I'm trying so hard to motivate myself to get some writing done. No such luck ( Read more... )

I finished the rewrites on my screenplay! WOOHOO!! Now I just have to figure out what the hell I want to do with it... sell it or try to shoot it ourselves?

It's been such a ghost town here ever since everyone defected to Facebook (myself included). While I like just being able to post quick little updates, it just isn't the same. I think of FB as a place to socialize, but LJ is where I come to talk to people I care about. I miss the more indepth interaction. Of course, I recognize my own guilt here ( Read more... )

So, yesterday we had the first cancer scare we've had in a long time. Noodle had petechiae (little burst blood vessels under the skin) all over his trunk, so we had to do a blood test. Turns out it was just a virus that was messing with his platelets, but his level were normal ( Read more... )

Yesterday we found out Noodle's vision was a solid 20/70. We've ordered glasses. I know it's really not that big a deal, but every time I think about all the shit we have hanging off the poor kid's head I get teary eyed. When is it going to get easier for him?