Happy Birthday wordcandlemage! We spent a lot of today driving around, so I haven’t been online and probably won’t get time to read your posts—sorry! shadowkatt got her trial contact lenses and incredibly cool new glasses today.
Party Report
I’m the only one awake here. Even Shelley is sleeping. sambear was up earlier today, but went back to bed shortly before I got up. I intend to have a day of laziness. We don’t have to go anywhere today,…
Party!
sambear is throwing a birthday party for me tonight! If you didn’t get an invitation and want one, contact him. 🙂 It feels rather odd to say that, even. I can’t remember my last birthday party. Birthdays have pretty much…
What’s “Enough”?
Where do you get your idea of what’s “enough” to do in a day? It’s one thing to just say, “I know when I’ve done enough.” But when you’re in partnership with someone else, you need to have a mutually…
Martial Arts for Katie
shadowkatt just had her first Wing Chun class, then observed participated in a Kali/Escrima class. She’s very, very excited. The class won’t be much of a social thing, as there was only one other student there tonight—it’s a completely new…
Resolutions
What would I like to change in this next year of my life?
Reflecting On the Past Year
wordcandlemage mentioned this week that he does his yearly review/resolutions on his birthday for his personal new year instead of at Samhain or the calendar New Year. I’d been feeling very introspective/retrospective already, and I’ve decided to swipe the idea…
Quotes of the Day
There are people whom one loves immediately and forever. Even to know they are alive in the world with one is quite enough. –Nancy Spain [M]aybe the most any of us can expect of ourselves isn’t perfection but progress. –Michelle…
Big Science Questions & Miscellany
The science section of yesterday’s Times addressed some of the “big questions” still facing science: http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2003/11/10/science/text/index.html dwivian is here game geeking with sambear. I tried to get up several hours before my meds released me from slumber, so I have…
Check-Ins
I mentioned our evening check-in in my last post, then realized that maybe I should explain that. I want to, anyway. This past week we’ve started having a brief meeting each morning as a family. We check in with each…