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Whew! What a week! I have so much to blog about and some cool pictures to post but I’m not sure when I’ll carve out the time so for now, some quick takes:
- Tony went to a geek conference last week. He’s wanted to go for years so I’m glad he finally got to go. I spent a lot of the week forcing myself to focus on being happy for him :)
- Addy was not so ready for the separation. It was super hard on her. But she was a trooper and worked it out. Noah was more than ready. He rocked the week! Dalton and Teegan were unphased but I could tell when Tony got back that they were both happy (and probably relieved) that he was home. I also rocked the week with the exception of cooking dinner. I just don’t get what it is about cooking dinner that turns me into an evil, angry, wretched, frustrated, hateful, scary person. If I ever have to cook dinner again, it will be too soon.
- We took off and did some fun things that I will blog about. No work, no school. Beautiful weather every day. I did not want the week to end. However no one warned me that working Moms don’t get R&R. I had delusions that I’d catch up on reading, projects, do amazing things with the kids. Turns out what I mostly did was catch up on 7+ months of neglected chores. I feel so disillusioned about this. Something needs to change.
- My most beloved kitty disappeared this week. She’s an indoor cat, never tries to go outside and is super lazy. She’s the sweetest thing ever, there is not a better sweeter cat alive. I am devastated. I have no idea where she is. I checked every corner of the house. She isn’t likely to be hiding though – she hates being locked out of or inside rooms and has clawed the carpet out from under more than one bedroom door. We posted fliers at both entrances to our small subdivision, on all the mailboxes and to everyone on our street but I believe it has been at least 4 days so I have absolutely not hope at this point. Cats here don’t get turned into animal control or the humane society either, since strays are a way of life here. She’s just….gone :(
- I found religion this week. Don’t get all excited, my Christian friends. It is just Buddhism (again) but I had about a dozen major revelations this week and have a sense of clarity in a number of different areas of life, death, happiness and suffering. I am going to try to crave out time to learn more. I’ve studied various Buddhist texts for a number of years but this is the first time in a long time that it all really struck me as My Truth.
- My aunt is improving, slowly but surely. My Mom spent the week with her so it was nice to get regular updates. Lots happened since I last blogged about her, including her kidney splitting open, bleeding internally, requiring emergency removal, back on the ventilator and now trying to slowly wean off of it. I’m still holding my breath and waiting to exhale. And I wish I could be in Michigan to offer my Mom some support.
- I’m glad my husband is home.
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dunno if you were following my blog but our cat went missing on feb 21. she returned 8 days later. we were vigilant. email me
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after C being gone alot of Feb, the girls revolted and I am glad that he will be home for a few weeks at least..then travel again…it is soo hard on Cammie it is crazy hard. Mia rolls but Cams, deteriorates.
let me know what you decided.
xo-J
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I hear you on the dinner thing. Oh how I hear you. What makes it even more fun is when I have to help the kids with homework at the same time. It’s my own personal h-e-double hockey sticks.
That kitty has to be somewhere! Did you try putting out super yummy catfood? That was the first step in getting my cat home again.
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I know what losing a kitty is like…I’m sorry. Stay positive- I know it’s hard.
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