Can you believe it has been almost a year since I started this blog in space? For all those times that I've felt bad about not writing, somehow I've managed 153 posts- almost one every other day (no, my math's not off, I said almost). I'm not going to get introspective here- that will be left for the 28th, an actual year.
Tomorrow we board a plane up to the Bay Area. Two of my former students from NOCCS are celebrating their coming of age and they have invited my family and I to be part of the festivities. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to snag a deal on Southwest and to visit some long-missed friends. It seems like forever since we've been up there last. It seems like a lifetime since we were living up there. There are definitely days when Jed and I look at each other and wonder how we ever ended up living down here but then I'll look around me at the family we have supporting us, the wonderful friends I've made and it's easier to reconcile. Finding a neighborhood where you can walk to the grocery store...well, that's a different matter entirely :)
As for love, it is the 'day of love,' according to Hallmark. Today was one of those days that made me realize how as a parent, you'll love your kid in spite of a lot. A brief glimpse into our day of love: 2am Nate wakes up with a fever, spends the next hour and a half roaming the bed, playing with the light dimmer (bright/dark/bright/dark), anything but sleeping, 10:15am Nate throws my cell phone into the toilet, 11:30am Trip to Kaiser to confirm that his cold is gone and we can go on the plane (wait 40 minutes to be told this), 2:30pm get bit a minimum of 4 times while trying to nurse Nate to sleep, 5:00pm spend the next hour listening to Nate cry, rage, whine, yell, etc as I wander around the house, valiantly trying to get him to calm down "git-git-git", and my favorite part of the day...when my hero of a husband takes Nathaniel into the car- gives me 30 minutes to myself and has him fall asleep within minutes. Good night sweet baby. I love you so.
Happy Valentine's Day to you.
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