June 30, 2009

This Season… ⁶

by Wendy • Headline, My Life As It Happens

This season of my life has me both a bit down and yet a bit excited.  I think a mix of the southern summer heat and cabin fever has made me feel a bit out of sorts the last month or so.  It’s excruciatingly hot and humid down here and that just makes everyone a little miserable.

First the downers:

Ever since my blog was hacked into and I had to painstakenly put it back together (with the excellent guidance of Foliovision), I feel as if the winds have been knocked out of my blogging sails.  There has been more than one occassion where I have thought about closing the blog but this is one of the best ways of keeping long distance friends and family up to date with what’s going on in our lives.  I also don’t want to let the hacker win and I think shutting down the blog would be doing just that.  I have tried not to beat myself up too much about not posting as much as I used to.  I just need a bit of a break right now to let my head clear and let the words come back.

We have entered into a really difficult and tumultuous time with Catherine.  It’s more than just the ‘terrible twos’ and at the end of the day I feel emotionally and physically drained.  We have always cycled in and out of these difficult stretches but as she gets older the difficulties only seem to get worse and last longer.  There have been many, many days where I just feel sad and frustrated and I’m pretty sure she feels the same way.  We are working on a plan that hopefully help ease some of our anxieties but right now it just a rough, rough time.

Now the exciting:

We have been having a great time exploring new places and new experiences.  We have been spending a lot of time at the Concert in the Park on Friday nights, learning new skills at Little Gym, playing at the Houston Children’s Museum and swimming at Palm Beach in Galveston.  Of course we still have Wednesday night swimming with the Aunties and Uncles and library time with Dad.  It’s been a fairly busy summer.

I got a great idea from my blog friend Kris.  She had posted photos of her daughter playing with shaving cream and I knew Catherine would just love it!  It’s also a great tactile experience and other than the pool, what better way to cool down than to slather yourself with shaving cream?  Of course she loved it!  Thanks Kris!

Last week we had dinner with our church small group.  We haven’t been able to attend our small group recently because of work schedules and because we don’t have a babysitter (that we feel comfortable with) for Thursday nights.  I really miss our small group and I really miss going with John.  Again, I have to remind myself that this is just a season of our life.  When we heard that they were having a family dinner, I was excited!  I found the perfect outfit for Catherine: a shirt that I wore when I was about her age.  And of course I LOVE New York City.  She played the part and pretended to love it too.

And believe it or not, her hair is getting long enough to braid.

Today Catherine found two ‘pet mice’ to take on a walk.  This is just how techie she is.

She had found two computer mice (?) in my office trash can and she pulled them out and started taking them for a walk.  She likes to walk dogs and this is the next best things!  Silly, creative, imaginative girl!

Of course the other exciting thing going on around here is the motorcycle ride and cook-off!  We now have a website!  Thanks for all of your well-wishes!  I’m pretty excited about this endeavor!

Well, that’s the season of my life right now.  Hopefully things will look up for us in some areas…well heck, I hope it looks up and up and up in all areas!