Reviewing and Remembering
Fare thee well, August! In just about an hour, August 2013 will melt away and turn into September. Once upon a time, September used to mean Indian Summers and back to school and our yearly trip to Disneyland. I always liked September.
Well, September has slid down my list a bit. It's a tough month for us desert transplants. It seems like it should be fall; everywhere else is cooling down, after all. Heck, Halloween decorations are already taking over the stores. Yet we still have weeks and weeks of hot weather ahead of us. I don't mind the heat in August so much-- August is supposed to be hot. But I start to get tired of it about halfway through September (and downright irascible about the heat in October). Ah well. That's the price I pay to enjoy a beautiful January, I guess.
Did you know that I have now been blogging for five years??? I started this blog back in August 2008. It seems a little strange that so much time has passed so quickly. I spent quite a bit of time this evening perusing some of the oldest entries and got quite a kick out of remembering B as a little destructive terror. It also reminded me that I am soooo grateful that I am not on bedrest.
Five years ago, our family had yet to meet K and S. I had not gone through my successful weight loss journey yet. I had not turned into the dedicated exerciser-- I was still dead-set against any kind of jogging-- and the idea of doing a triathlon hadn't entered my wildest dreams. I hadn't finished or published my novels yet. I hadn't started teaching piano yet.
So many changes over the years. But some big things haven't changed-- my dedication to living my beliefs and trying to be a better person every day, my happily-married-to-Terence status, feeling overwhelmed when it comes to the bedtime stretch of the day. I guess that means I'm still the same person after all.
I wonder what will be the same and what will be different in five more years? Will I still be blogging in 2018? (Holy moly, I'll have a nearly 17 year old by then.) Where do you think you will be? What will be different and what will be the same?
Well, September has slid down my list a bit. It's a tough month for us desert transplants. It seems like it should be fall; everywhere else is cooling down, after all. Heck, Halloween decorations are already taking over the stores. Yet we still have weeks and weeks of hot weather ahead of us. I don't mind the heat in August so much-- August is supposed to be hot. But I start to get tired of it about halfway through September (and downright irascible about the heat in October). Ah well. That's the price I pay to enjoy a beautiful January, I guess.
Did you know that I have now been blogging for five years??? I started this blog back in August 2008. It seems a little strange that so much time has passed so quickly. I spent quite a bit of time this evening perusing some of the oldest entries and got quite a kick out of remembering B as a little destructive terror. It also reminded me that I am soooo grateful that I am not on bedrest.
Five years ago, our family had yet to meet K and S. I had not gone through my successful weight loss journey yet. I had not turned into the dedicated exerciser-- I was still dead-set against any kind of jogging-- and the idea of doing a triathlon hadn't entered my wildest dreams. I hadn't finished or published my novels yet. I hadn't started teaching piano yet.
So many changes over the years. But some big things haven't changed-- my dedication to living my beliefs and trying to be a better person every day, my happily-married-to-Terence status, feeling overwhelmed when it comes to the bedtime stretch of the day. I guess that means I'm still the same person after all.
I wonder what will be the same and what will be different in five more years? Will I still be blogging in 2018? (Holy moly, I'll have a nearly 17 year old by then.) Where do you think you will be? What will be different and what will be the same?
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I should go back and read my blogs. then I might be able to answer those questions.