Where Were We

As shocking as it is, a few days have gone by with my putting finger to keyboard.

Yeah, I get tremmors, just like detox withdrawl. OK, I'm kidding, it's not quite that bad, but it is a sort of uneasy glitch in my world to have a few days without writing anything. Anything. That's just the way it was though. Even when I had a moment, I just couldn't get myself to the words.

The gap was busy. Duh. I say that daily around here. Well, it was busy. My life generally is.

I ran like a mad woman and got all sorts of things together and then, well, it's life with birth parents. Nothing happened.

So it's a new day, a new week, and I'm back to wondering. Will Little Miss have an easy or hard week? What will happen today.

In between we had all sorts of life happening.

The boys finished their week of Tae Kwon Do camp. They loved everything about it and haven't stopped talking about it. They already have great expectations for next summer. No way to be anything but happy about that.

Baseball is over for The Littlest Mr., and he declared it a great success. He said it was way cooler than last summer and wants to do it again. Of course, he also wants to play soccer, football, swim and try on just about every other sport known to man.

And, it's August. That doesn't change much, except that there is a tiny shift in my thinking. Somewhere at the back of my brain, I realize that the next learning season is looming over my shoulder. I start to think about what I want the next season to look like, to feel like. I ponder goals and tasks and books and programs.

It will be a few weeks yet before I really put in the few days it takes to peg it all down, but it just tingles the back of the mind.

The dog is well on the road to recovery. She has had her 85,000 mile check up and then some. One of the perks of considering adoption, or not, is that everyone--pets included--needs to be up to date on all things medical. All I know is that she really likes her peanut butter pain killer pill sandwiches.

The construction next door continues. At least with the rain today, we have a temporary halt. They are completely redoing their yard with lots and lots of retaining walls. In the end, I think it will be beautiful, but right now, it's loud and dusty. There are rocks everywhere and trucks and orange cones and guys.

So that's the rambling update of the last few days.