And whooooosh, another year goes by.
Another hour, another minute,
I can't even catch my breath.
My kids are growing inexorably,
My daughter is a woman, no longer a girl.
My sons are becoming tall and sturdy.
A moment to look back flies by too fast,
Plans for the future come to pass too quick.
I'm growing old.
So is he.
A new home, a new job, a new school, a new life.
Too much change,
Too little time.
posted by Steph at 9:40 PM[edit]

Wow, what do you know....Blogger changed a few things, didn't they? Every time I turn around something seems to be changing. Thank Qale for bringing it up to my attention! If there were ever a poster, it's him. He has over 1500 posts already! Of course, he blogs every day..sometimes three or four times, but then his life is so much more interesting than mine. LOL.

More to come....watch for new info on Teddy's situation and my medical prognoses...
posted by Steph at 10:13 PM[edit]

That must have been some party!

Ugh. I seem to go round and round on these 5 month kicks. Time goes on, and you forget to go back and look at things you've done. A new job gets in the way...time with family pulls you away...one day piles on another, and poof, half a year flies by.

And my birthday will be here soon. I'll be 37 years old. Man. That sounds so old when I feel 25. Thirty-seven. Three years down from forty.

You're only as young as you feel, they say, and I think they're right, you know.

Who's "they"?
posted by Steph at 12:51 AM[edit]

Just to let anyone reading this know...I'll be out of the loop for the rest of today and part of tomorrow, though I should be back tomorrow night. Going to Louisiana for a birthday party!!

Have a good weekend, you all!!
posted by Steph at 2:36 PM[edit]

It's

so

quiet.

Thursday morning, and the kids are in school. All the kids. And here I sit, me at the computer. The only sound in the house is the quiet hum of the CPU and the subliminal whine of the monitor.

It's a sunny day out, and it's gonna be hot. HOT hot. Hotlanta doesn't have a thing on Houston for the heat of the summer. (of course, they called it Hotlanta for other reasons than the weather!) I may just go find a mall after while. Dunno yet.
posted by Steph at 1:46 PM[edit]

Off to the barber shop to get some boys' ears lowered. Stephen's especially. His hair grows like mine, way too fast for his own good. At least it's easy to tell when he needs a haircut.

Day after tomorrow....school begins! New school, new teachers, new rules. New uniforms. And my house will be empty of children.

Teddy begins kindergarten, the last of my brood to start real school. I'm proud of him...but I'm nervous, too.
posted by Steph at 3:02 PM[edit]

Whoah.


Five months without a post. God. I can't believe I let it go this long. Time flies, but...whoah.

Who knew it could fly so fast?

I know I say I'll be better and write more often. The fact of the matter is that I can't promise that. I get distracted with life so easily, though things should be settling down for me more now.

We moved from Atlanta to Houston over the time period that I never posted. And while I loved Atlanta dearly, and loved my friends there even more, I think Houston is going to be a good place. It feels...fast. It feels big. Very big. But the opportunities are amazing. Eva will get to have her cello lessons. A mentor from the Houston Symphony. I may go and do some corporate daycare somewhere up in the city. Our house is incredible, and I still can't believe we live here. Our neighborhood is quiet, our neighbors (well, we've only met the one) seem really nice. Everything is convienient. And it's easy to drive...jump on 610 and it will take you anywhere.

We got season passes to Astroworld, the local Six Flags park, because it's less than five minutes from us. We've been three times already. And there is a bead shop not far up the road from there. There are craft stores. Wal-Mart is around the corner, Home Depot just a stone's throw in the other direction. Nothing is out of reach.

Of course, it was that way in Atlanta, too. But there was one thing out of reach in Atlanta that is emminently accessable now. We can drive for three and a half hours....less time than it took for us to get to Augusta from Atlanta...and be sitting in my parents' living room. They will be able to participate in my kids' lives. We'll be close enough to go if they need us. And visits won't need an act of Congress, an op order and a month's pay.

I think I'm going to like it here.



But I still miss Atlanta.
posted by Steph at 8:28 PM[edit]