*tap tap*
This thing on?

Hi. Remember me? I used to post upwards of ten times a day, sometimes with actual substance? Then, I went and disappeared into the inter-nether known as Facebook with it's cheap, easy 140 character limitations? Yea. None of my life right now can be summed up in 140 characters. Except to say that -!holy,holy!- is it different now than it was a year ago. I'll tell you about it sometime.
Really.
And soon.
...but, for now, how are *you*? and *WHO* are you? By that I mean, who's still 'round these parts?

for the last couple of nights I've had these dreams (yea, that's right, I'mma tell you bout my dreams now, sosorry, need to purge) where I'm in an airport, and there are all these people I know, and some of whom I don't, all posing these distracting situations, and I have GOT to catch my plane. Like DESPERATELY trying to. They usually succeeed in distracting me because the situations are either totally bizarre or something that requires my immediate attention (like when no one was watching my kids run amuck). ...but at the last minute I realize I'm supposed to be catching an important flight, and get to the gate just in time to hop on. Here's the thing; I HATE flying. Absolutley terrified of it. So, the whole dream I'm fighting so hard to concentrate on getting myself to this goal that scares the crap out of me.
Well done, brain. You win at metaphors.

Poor, neglected journal. I turned my back on you in favour of cheap Facebook status updates, and at time when I probably needed you most!

I have grand intentions to pour my heart out onto paper but the opportunity just doesn't come.
Today. TODAY! I will acquire a real-life, made from trees, old school notebook. And get to scratchin'.

Oh my gosh! Piper just totally unannounced, went into the bathroom, took off her diaper and pooped on her potty!! I didn't have any idea she was even doing it until I heard "Mama, I did it" from the bathroom.
AND THEN while I was writing this post, Xander yells "Mommy, now she just tinkled in her potty!" AND SHE DID!! Totally unprovoked and unassisted. She's amazing. Xander says, "I'm so proud, I just want to dump her in my heart"

She is SO proud of herself. Eee!

Piper is currently sprawled out on the sofa listening to the Beatles on my mp3 player, with the hugest, sweetest smile on her face and the widest eyes. She's laying perfectly still, so long as the ear buds stay in. When a song ends she asks, "More Mommy, p'peez?" And then smiles again when another one starts.

Okay, she just started saying "no." ... "no." I wonder what she's answering. It's playing "Let it Be" LOL. Apparently she will not.

I've got to get out of the house today, out of my head.

Eric just called me, all shaken up. He saved someone's life about twenty minutes ago. One of the truck drivers collapsed in the warehouse, not breathing, no pulse. Eric did CPR for two minutes and the guy started blinking and coughing, just in time for the paramedics to arrive. Today is Eric's day off, he shouldn't have even been there.

In other news; I had... the BEST weekend. I'd like ten more please. Right now. I cannot seem to get my mind back into the real world, for the life of me.
Okay, maybe I'm not trying *that* hard.

Xander has his first psych appointment this afternoon, in Lincoln Park.

Annnnnd the kids are starting to take advantage of my absent-mindedness, so I'm off.

( cut to spare friends who do not share my olfactory obsessions :) )
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last updated 7-9-9

When Piper is singing the alphabet she says "Abbaloo" for W. It's squidgy adorable. that is all :)