Day 5

Once upon a time I had the great idea of writing journals for my kids while they were little.  This worked pretty well until I started blogging, and then the journal entries became further and further apart.  Lately Miciah has been reading her journal and asking me to write more in it.  I said, "Write what?  "Today Miciah and I read a girl development book and had a great talk about tampons."?  There's not as much to say as there used to be."  She decided I should write some stories from the past and/or print out my blog.

So today I started on that project.  Spent about 4 hours putting together a 20-page book with blurb.  When the kids get home they'll be pleasantly surprised to get Thackering: In The Beginning.  Awesome sounding, right?

Know what I noticed?

September 2001

Rob and I looked so weird back then.  Seriously.  He has braces and I look like I'm 10.

Maybe I'll finish more by the time they get back.  Maybe not.  Either way, it's a start.

And that project made me feel like talking to my kids.  So I called them.  They were busy with Grandma, going fun places and doing fun things.  It was a 5-minute phone call wherein I was passed from Miciah to Elijah to Teancom.  In the end I said, "Well, I was just calling to say 'I love you," and 'Have fun.'"  To which Tank responded, "Okay!  Whatever!"  Which means they're having a good time.  Hurray!

As a side note, it's interesting that my most clingy child was actually the least clingy on the day they left.  Miciah and Elijah were hanging all over me, but Tank was all chill.  Strange, no?

Today was kale and cabbage soup.  The kale, cabbage, and tomatoes were from our garden.  Mmmm.  We now have so much food in our fridge that we might not need to cook for the next week.  Not joking.

And here's me with my hair cut.  Self-portrait, into the mirror.  (When I take pictures of myself, that's the only way that I look "right" to myself.)  My hair isn't great in this picture (and it's not a great picture).  I hadn't styled it or anything.  Plus, we'd just returned from running.  But I assume my hair isn't great most of the time, so I guess it's accurate!