I had a date last night with my favorite guy. We pulled into City Park, and called our friends who didn’t answer. I left a message. “We’re here, we’ll just drive around until we see hundreds of people on a 2k run! Shouldn’t be hard to find!” Seconds later, we saw a pack of…
Category: Travel
Don’t Get Excited
I’ve been having mild, irregular contractions for about a week now. On Tuesday they told me I was one centimeter. Yesterday I was feeling them all the long day and into the dark evening, and they kept me from sleeping. Today, though – nada. Baby’s quieter, too, today I’ve only felt a few punches to Jack’s intruding knees when…
Supermom
Last Monday, I took the Awful Exam. Tomorrow, I start the Scary New (Temporary) Job. In the time between, I’ve accomplished a great deal, much of it falling under the category of Making Room for Baby. The bottles are rubbing elbows with Jack’s sippy cups in the kitchen cabinet. The kitchen junk drawer is now…
Ohians and Fifers and Mares
My title today comes from one of Jack’s Veggie Tales Movies, The Wonderful Wizard of Ha’s (a very silly spoof on Oz). My story today is about Mares – er, rather, Bears. Stop me if I’ve shared this with you already, but it’s one of my faves. Our story occurs in northern California in early…
A Sweet Thing
I know I’ve got to write about our anniversary weekend . . . but I’ve just been transported to another moment in time . . . and I have to share it. Sweet Thing by Van Morrison was our song. We played it every morning when we woke up together, so we’d never forget our…