Life Moves Forward ....

.... every day, whether or not I go along with it.

Though I must say that most of the time I seem to be moving with it, which is a good thing, I know.

One of my dearest friend's daughter is having a baby today.

She's been in labor all day and hopefully will have already had a beautiful baby girl by the time I post this.

I'm excited for her.

And yet it scares the hell out of me that our daughters (hers is the same age as Daughters #2 & #3) are old enough to be married and have children.

I don't know why .... by the time I was D#1's age I was married and was soon to be pregnant with D#2&3.

I almost threw up the other day when I realized that after D#1's birthday later this month ..... she will be closer to 30 than she is to 20 (thankfully she doesn't read this blog).  

O.

M.

G.

I.

Am.

Old.

Son #3's last regular season football game is tonight.  They made the play offs so he'll still have at least a couple of games to play.

Son #2 got a job a couple of months ago and doing fantastically at it!  He's working in a restaurant and is wonderful with the customers.  They love him because of his great personality.

I knew he hid it from me most of the time, dang-it.

Son #1 is still in Madrid, though his time is quickly winding down.  He gets to take a trip to Paris before he comes home in mid-December.  He's had a great time over there and loves the city, as does his mother.

And yes, I still may move there some day after the sons get out of school.  Maybe in a couple of years, depending on how things go.

Daughter #1 is doing well up north.  She really seems to like her job, though she works quite a bit.

She loves being to close to D.C.

Daughter #2 is still working and is taking a class to get ready to prepare for grad school.  She wants to be a social worker (I'm still not sure where she came from).

Daughter #3 is doing well at work though she had a big scare a week ago.  It seems that one of her mothers is a bit unbalanced and accused her of hitting a child.  The police had to come in and interview the very young child, who has a difficult time communicating.  But he ended up making it abundantly clear that no one ever hit him, let alone D#3.

And we wonder why we have a difficult time keeping teachers ..... especially in the Special Ed fields.

Sigh .....

I'm very proud of her and the way she handled it and of the way she loves her students and sacrifices for them.

Very.

Both girls did a great job in "Noises Off" and closed the show this past weekend.  I was very proud to be in the audience opening weekend and even prouder when someone asked me if I was their mother.

Don't get me started ....

:)

Yes, C and I are still dating.

We're chugging right along.

Though it's funny ..... (or not) .... the longer I am single, the more "settled" I feel.

I like being able to do what I want, when I want .... working only around the boys' schedules.

And ..... although this may sound horrible, it is what it is .... I absolutely LOVE having 2 closets now and don't now if I'd ever be willing to give that up.

I know!

I'm horrible ..... but there ya go.

Not that I wouldn't love to still wake up and find that this has all been a nightmare (actually, it really has been) ..... but I guess I'm learning to make the most of what I've got.

Oh .... and I've had a new addition to the family.

I've missed having a pet around .... well, not just any pet, but having a cat.

So I adopted a kitten last week from a friend who's cat had been out "catting around" and ended up in the family way.

His name is Oliver and he's 3 months old.  He's solid black with green eyes and he is a TOTAL momma's boy.  He hardly ever leaves my side and loves to cuddle with anyone.  He seems more like a puppy than a kitten.

Here are a couple of pics:

The bad thing about him is that he follows me EVERYWHERE!  Yes, I feel like I have a 2 year old again who bangs on the bathroom door to get me to come out.

When I'm walking around the house he's constantly following and leading at the same time, which means that he's walking around and between my feet.

One of us is going to end up in a very bad way if he doesn't get over this.

Speaking of being in a bad way .... but hopefully not .... I had another MRI last night.

Yes, I am getting to know many of the MRI techs in Houston quite well.  Maybe I'll have extra places to visit for Christmas.  :)

My back/hip has still been bothering me, in spite of months of physical therapy.  So hopefully I'll find out what's going on in there .... and even more hopefully it's something easy to fix.  

Also, I may be looking at orthoscopic surgery on my shoulder before the end of the year.  Unless I chicken out, which is a huge probability considering how things went the last time I went under the knife.  Huge, huge shudder..... ugh!

Never.  A.  Dull.  Moment.

Never.

So that's how things are going around here, Peeps.

Life is basically good, even though I still miss Jim as much as I did from Day one.

It still sucks to not have him here, but we are moving forward.

Most days.

Happy Wednesday,  Peeps.

:)