Survival of the flighty-est

So i did it. i survived my first 7 day, single-parent stint!  And with bells on, to-boot!

Ben went to Arizona. Left last Tuesday at like 6am and came home last night around midnight. I have to admit, i was definitely tentative about him leaving but we both know he needed it and with all our talking about the desire for him or all of us to move abroad, or some strange arrangement, it makes  sense to test these single-parenting waters...

So anyway... it was exhausting. but it was also kind of awesome. There was no having to agree on things or having to divide my attention between kids and ben... it was actually supremely easy, or easier than i though at any rate. I hope i'm not tempting fate by saying all this... that would be really awful.

Anyhow, that's all i have time for as i'm off to ride around in a police car with a heavy-ass Kevlar vest on in hot, humid summer weather...

Summer mornings 2

Summer mornings

lame blogger that i am...

ok, so this year i've been very out of touch with this blog... mostly that's because things are reaching critical mass regularly... at least that's how it feels... and also because our internet access out the house is crap, and we've burned through like three very expensive wireless repeaters (extenders), any network geeks out there wanna come help me through this awfulness of living in the woods?

So let's see here:
not much is going on generally speaking. We're still trying to fatten Asa up, but seemingly to no avail. he's getting taller but still whip-it thin with a giant head.  Both kids just got over another sickness... who knows what sicknesses they have had at this point, i'm surprised there are still diseases in this universe my children have not yet contracted...

ben's same old as well, except now he's getting out once a week to wind-up space, or the korean bar around the corner from wind-up. You can find him in that neighborhood most tuesday nights shaking off the daddy-do-it-all blues.  He's going to AZ for a visit next week. leaving tuesday and coming back the following tuesday. So i'll be a single parent for a whole week. yippers!

work has been kicking my ass lately. i won't go into the details but basically it's a lot of work for very little reward (if any) and i hate it... so i'm trying to not stress but it's a Sisyphean feat.

i finally got my motorcycle out of the shop and on the road yesterday! yippie!!! so i'm a bad-ass motorcycle mama with a fringed leather jacket. look out hell's angels, here i come!  i'm still very scared and very new at riding so i'm sticking to back roads around my house for now. i'm hoping to start commuting to work in august maybe... we'll see how fast of a learner i am.

so aside from fantasizing about running away to Thailand or touring the continent on my new ride, i'm here... doing just the same... and trying to mind my manners.

Motorcycle mama