Catching Up is Hard to Do

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Well, it's been so long since I've written in this thing that I'm feeling like I'll never be able to fill in the gaps of everything that's been going on, but I'll do my best.

There was a huge incident with my son's preschool...not the preschool itself, but this other school that had adjacent space to it...and i couldn't talk about it to protect the folks involved (much of what i know is hearsay anyway) but it was really chipping away at my equilibrium for a while (the equilibrium that i have a pretty tough time preserving under the best of circumstances...you know...that one :-P ).

It was hard feeling like there were some things that I might not be able to protect my little boy from...that's one of the hardest things about being a mom, I guess.

Hubby sprained his ankle, a really bad sprain, that left him unable to walk at first, then moving around but with crutches, and it left more of the household duties stuff falling on me. It was good in that I was left realizing how much the guy actually does *grin* but bad in that I was feeling kind of overwhelmed.

We've all been sick at various times, the latest being a stomach flu that left us completely debilitated. My mom came to help us out with it, went home once we were on the mend, and promptly got it. So, now, we are feeling thankful and guilty in equal measure.

I gave a reflection at church for Easter Sunday, that seemed to go pretty well. I'll enclose a copy of it here. I also made a new friend with a lot of similar interests who just started going to my church on the same day, which was kind of exciting.

Of course, I've also made some more online friendships/play partners *grin*. I had a conflict with Z that I think we've patched up. S finally made it back from the Caribbean, but we haven't really had a chance to talk and debrief yet.

Overall things feel pretty even keel at the moment, both on and offline. I just hope against all hope that they stay that way.

I finished a short story. Now I'm in the middle of the laborious process of moving it from longhand into the computer, doing heavy editing all along the way. I hope in the end I will think it's decent...right now, I'm not sure. But it does feel good to have made it through that first draft.

Thanks to everyone who commented on my last entry about my daughter eating sand. The comments did cheer me up. :-)

I've missed this place!

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