It's summer...I'm a teacher...I should be reveling in free time and pool time and play time. Yep, that's what I should be doing...alas, I am teaching summer school (online, but soooo much work!!) and working my retail job and trying at least for a few minutes a day, to purge and clean (um, well, so, okay, I've been working on one closet for the past week...I know, I know, this is going to take awhile at this pace!) and of course, to be a good Mama.(Seriously that last one is the hardest!!!)
I wanted to write a bit this summer...not just on this blog, but on some other ideas swirling around in my head, but all my computer time is work time and when I'm done with that, I'm done sitting at the computer (did I mention that my laptop's hard drive crashed on vacation? Now I'm stuck on the desktop, chained to the most uncomfortable place to sit and type for any time longer than 5 minutes). Hopefully when I get in the summer groove (argh, it's halfway over and I still can't find that stupid groove...), I will be posting something of substance. For now, though, here are some things brewing:
1. Builder Boy and I are doing "Mama school" this summer. It's funny to see what he thinks is "school" and what I think is "school." You'll be surprised-since I'm a creative teacher, he sometimes thinks my creative projects aren't school at all. :) My secret plan is working!
2. I decided to find out the sex of our baby from the most recent miscarriage. I put on my big girl panties, called the RE and...he hasn't called back. It's been two weeks. No idea where he is, and now I'm scared I've lost my confidence in finding out.
3. Similarly, assuming my RE hasn't run off to some remote island never to return, I would like to schedule my surgery for the second week of August. I wish he would call back...I am also losing my courage to do this surgery...
4. Over the past two days, Remodel Man has made more progress on our house than he has in months. This makes him feel good and gives him increased motivation. This makes me over the moon...I love some good progress! Pictures to come if any one project is completely finished.
5. I have been questioning my blog existence. I have not been a good blog reader or commenter, and this is reflected in my own readers and commenters. I sometimes feel like I'm in middle school at the not-quite-nerds-but-definitely-not-a-popular-kid table. I don't seem to fit in anywhere...
6. Deconstructor Cat has been sick and this stresses me out. He is the champ of hurling a pill from the back of his throat, two feet into the air. While this is incredibly frustrating, it is quite amazing to see.
Welcome to my stream of consciousness...OH, and if you see my RE somewhere, will you please tell him to call me back????
Why, hello! :) SO glad to read a post from you. You don't have to write much, I just like being in your business a little. You're a great writer, I like reading your stuff, and I have a nose piercing, so that automatically makes you a part of the "cool" crowd. (These are the things I tell myself over and over...)
I love ya Chex!
Posted by: Ann Kimmel | July 05, 2010 at 09:51 AM
Hi!! Nice to "see" you. I can't believe your doctor isn't calling you back... that seems so irresponsible!
As an aside, I don't remember where you live - I think you used to be in St. Louis and are now out east? We are probably coming to PA for 2 weeks in August, and if that's where you live maybe we could arrange to do coffee or something?
Posted by: Heidi | July 05, 2010 at 12:14 PM
I'm always glad to see your updates! Don't stress about not being able to write often. Just know that we're glad when you do!
Hooray for progress on the house!
I'm so sorry you are still waiting to hear from your doctor. How very frustrating. I hope the call will come soon.
Posted by: Stacey | July 06, 2010 at 02:40 PM
You can come and sit at my table! :-) I like hearing your updates, even if they are sporadic. Looking forward to some pictures!
Posted by: TeamWinks | July 19, 2010 at 04:56 PM
I am going to go to BlogHer, come back with a thousand ideas that inspire you to continue and then we're going to be world famous. ;-) That could all be the anesthesia talking. . . or the pain. . . or just the plain truth.
Posted by: BBM | July 20, 2010 at 11:10 PM