I want to roast a turkey. Yeah I know it was *just* Thanksgiving, and yes, I did have turkey and all the trimmings. But I didnt cook it or keep any leftovers and keep thinking about how much I would like to just have some turkey right about now. Think of all the meals I could freeze to tide us over NaNo time!
Its my anniversary today and I cant believe that three years have gone by just like that. In fact, I cant believe how fast time is going in general. Already I am planning for November (NANO, NANO, NANO) and have childcare plans in the works for both kiddies so that I can enjoy my relative peace on Tuesdays and Thursdays to write my butt off now that I have coerced other people into joining, I shall feel a bit guilty if I didnt follow through at least a little bit!
Let's see, in three years, I have lived in three places, been pregnant at least once (!) and had another beautiful daughter to show for it. I have completed one NaNo challenge and won a short story contest and written numerous blog entries of no cohesive meaning. I've worked at 6 different jobs, tried unsuccessfully to buy a daycare business, found my way back to teaching and am only now finding my niche doing something I love. I have let one cat go to live on a farm and then acquired two more cats and 6 goldfish. I've fought the darkness of PPD and faced the terrible blackness of fear when I found a lump in my breast (which turned out to be benign). I've nursed my babies as long as they want to be nourished by me, have watched the clothes they wear start off in such tiny little sizes and seem to literally explode overnight. Time is spinning faster, it seems, and every day I am so thankful for the things I have in my life. And through it all, my hubby has been there for me.
Blessed am I.
9:17 p.m. - 2005-10-13