My Poor Neglected Blog

Hello, old friend! How have you been? I've missed you! I've been so busy lately, and I will continue to be, through the end of the year.

Here's what I've got coming up (and this is just a smattering!):

Oct 6: 9:30am-11am Pre-School Field Trip

7pm, ICAN meeting

Oct 7: Fellowship reception, 1:30pm (promptly)

Oct 9: Our 5 year anniversary!

Oct 13: 9am Parent-Teacher conference

Oct 14: Motor Speech Disorders Test #1

Oct 15: Hubby goes on a climbing trip

Oct 17: 10-1 V's birthday party

1-5 Baby-Q at the midwife's house

7-10pm Non-Violent Communication Workshop

Oct 22-25 Music Fest Camping

Nov 1: Ina May Gaskin in Sarasota (I may be doing a weekend thing for this, not sure yet)

Nov 3: 7pm, ICAN meeting

Nov 6: Oral Motor Workshop

Nov 7: Oral Motor Workshop

Nov 8: 4pm ICAN family potluck at Park

Nov 26-29 Thanksgiving weekend

Dec 1: 7pm, ICAN

In between all of this, I have all of my classes and the accompanying studying, a house to keep clean, laundry to do, meals to plan and cook, kids and a Hubby to love on and entertain, and I'm sure there is more.

There is ALWAYS more.

I'm think I'm going to try and scan my art from the workshop I attended a few weeks back and put it up on here. Someone asked me when I mentioned it to her if I was ok with putting that much of myself out there...I told her that I'm pretty sure it won't be any more than what I've put out there in the past.

I'm still working through some of what I learned that day. It has had a profound effect on me, and I find myself reminding myself in my mind to be kind to me, to go back and hold her hand. Especially when I run into my old midwife from Monkey #1 two weekends in a row and she avoids all eye contact with me until she almost walks into me.

Her: Oh! Hi! I didn't see you!

Me: Yeah, I don't think you did.

(end scene, Me immediately exit stage left, Her immediately exit stage right)

Yeah, it totally went down like that. Incidentally, she DID NOT stay for my panel discussion.

Which, by the by, was totally fabulous. I'll post pictures as soon as I get them. You know, pictures of me and Debbie Takikawa on stage together. At the same table. Talking about the same things.

In other news, our local ICAN chapter is planning a BOLD event for next year. We're in the process of creating a business plan for it and sorting out some details, but I have a feeling it is going to be HUGE. I'm not at liberty to say how HUGE, but it is going to be big.

Our ICAN chapter's Leadership Committee is the best thing that ever happened to our group. We have eight women who are the core members of our group working together to build awareness, expand our group, and do it all with a smile! You can't get much luckier than that.

School is getting better. I don't feel quite so eaten alive anymore, so that is nice. I hear next semester may be a bitch, you know with a 7:30am class and all. SEVEN THIRTY in the MORNING??? What the eff were they thinking?? Just thinking about it makes me want to drink a pot of coffee.

I also have to give a shout out to my favorite bloggers. My list of who I read has dwindled, and there are some that I just can't seem to step away from, no matter how busy I am.

Jill, Keyboard Revoloutionary

Jill, The Unnecesarian

Rixa, Stand & Deliver

Gina, The Feminist Breeder

Susan, The Peskytarian

Shannon, Withwards

Mom's Tinfoil Hat

ReBirth Nurse

At Your Cervix

Matt, Liz & Madeline

So it seems I still read a lot of blogs. Funny, it is WAY fewer than a year ago. I really miss Urban Hippie Mama, Jennifer Block, and Tina Cassidy. Others, not so much.

I hope that I can carve out some more time in the near future to write more. I really do miss the outlet, the feedback, and the support. For a long time this blog was my go-to place for community and love, and while that has waned in the past year, it still holds a special place in my heart. I don't check my stat counter nearly as much as I used to...maybe that says something about me and my little corner of the blog-sphere.