My excuse is lame, but I'll give it anyway. Right after writing my last post, which was all about work/life balance, Craig was laid off. Well now, don't that change a persons perspective? It's fine to say that I will work to live, and not live to work when you're not looking for a job! But now, I have to admit I look back at that posting, and have to shake my head at my naivety. Oh how perspective changes things...
So that's the major change since my last post. A few highlights of the last couple months. The weekend after my last post, we enjoyed the last sledding of the year. Pics to follow when I get my act together and charge the battery enough to actually post the darn things. Can you believe we got a little sun burn from the day? It was so beautifully warm. Speaking of warmth - did the start of spring get permanently delayed? Cause it was 42 degrees here on May 1. And that is just wrong wrong wrong! I refuse to pull my winter coat out of the closet after April 1st. At least until next October. So I'll probably catch my death running around in a light weight orange trench coat with a polyester cheetah liner! But the coat is SO cute - rarely am I such a slave to fashion. (ok - rarely is a bit strong of a word) But I'm giving winter it's notice - it's got 2 weeks to clear out or... or... well I'll be angry. And we all don't want that!
Mid April we escaped the area and went to WI Dells. Ah the joys of good friends and water parks. Although I did have to give Emmett a T/O for NOT having enough fun. You can imagine the parental moment. "You're going to sit at this picnic table until you decide to have fun!" I know, only my kid would rather go back to the condo than risk getting 1000 gallons of water splashed within 50 years of him. Forget the fact that a loud warning bell sounds for, oh... I don't know... something around 5 minutes before the water is actually dumped. By the end of the three days, he'd come around. To the point that we actually got him on an inner-tube water slide. Shocking, I know! Where are the pictures, you ask? Oh, well, I was a dork and forgot the camera.
Lastly, I cut about 12 inches of my hair off to give to Locks of Love. So drastic was the change that co workers walked right by me without noticing it was me. (Now THAT's a reaction). I've enjoyed it being shorter (nothing like holding a baby, and not worrying that she'll get a chunk of hair and DNA in her little fist), but I think I'm having phantom sensations. Sometimes, for example, when I'm at work, I swear I feel my hair on my shoulders and I still try to lift my hair out of my coat. It's as if I've lost a limb! I like the shorter cut, although I wish that I could do my hair like my stylist! Maybe if I had a detachable head, I could make it work, but I can't figure out how I'd make my arms function and see the back of my head if my head were not connected. Disturbing, I know - but hey - you're all the ones on my case for not blogging in a while. THIS is what you get!
Oh, and a big, strawberry filled CONGRATULATIONS to the B&J twins. Talk about perspective! A year and a half ago, I was on my knees that they'd survive being born way way way too early. Today, seeing them on the anniversary of their homecoming, chowing down on strawberries, giving big bright grins, and cooing to anyone who'd listen, I realized that this perspective is what I need. From this perspective, these little boys have jumped leaps and bounds ahead of where they've been. They're survivors, they've experienced a real fight for their lives, which makes things like hair cuts and joblessness seem trivial. They are special little boys regardless of your perspective, but from my perspective they're two little miracles with tireless parents (at least they fake it like it's tireless) and all the spunk they can fit into their little bodies. I've seen my friend become an amazing, awe inspiring mom, who knows what her kids need, and will get it - through persistence alone! Whatever the growth charts say - they're 100% above average in stamina, way over standard on cuteness, and off the charts on loved. Congrats again!
So from whatever your perspective is to my first post in two months - whether you call me a slacker - or too busy to write, enjoy! Who knows when I'll post again. ;)
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