The Return of the Blog
We got back from Indiana late Monday afternoon, after about two-and-a-half weeks of unadulterated Meemaw and Dadaw/Papaw lovin'. It was nice. There are lots of pictures that will come soon of us just hanging out. Especially since Dada, who joined us late in the game, brought along his brand new digital SLR.
There was a hitching, and now "Aunt" Jean, the darling woman who married my darling little brother, loses her quotation marks. There was also a baptism, and now Jacob will likely not burn in the fiery pit of hell when it comes his time to leave this earth. There are pictures of all of this, and they will come, but it is late, and my coffee buzz is wearing off. My wine buzz is kicking in.
It has been difficult, but I have been a good girl and resisted blogging all this time because today was the revised deadline wherein my publisher expected me to hand in my children's book. AND I DID. Now I don't have to feel guilty to sit at the computer and have a large glass of wine and blog. As I am doing now. Feel the guilt leave the building.
Writing the book at first was rough because I suck at being a girl. I am the worst multitasker, like, ever. My entire motivation for ditching work to become the stay-at-home mommasaurus I am now was that I couldn't do anything, at all, without my thoughts drifting to Isaac and how I should be paying attention to him and not all the other meaningless crap that society tended to call "work". But this week the hubs, who in my mind somehow counts as me, helped a lot and babysat the boys two nights in a row so I could get the book done. I have also been staying up far past a healthy bedtime to work my tail off at it. In the end, it felt good, this burning the midnight oil thing, and it also felt good to ship off a product I can be proud of. Let's just hope my publisher feels the love.
So tomorrow, when it is not one in the morning, I look forward to showering this blog with the attention it so deserves. There is so much to tell, and so much photographic evidence to support the telling. I have missed sharing our lives with the internet. I promise I'll make it up to you. I also promise I'll go visit your blogs. Like right now.
There was a hitching, and now "Aunt" Jean, the darling woman who married my darling little brother, loses her quotation marks. There was also a baptism, and now Jacob will likely not burn in the fiery pit of hell when it comes his time to leave this earth. There are pictures of all of this, and they will come, but it is late, and my coffee buzz is wearing off. My wine buzz is kicking in.
It has been difficult, but I have been a good girl and resisted blogging all this time because today was the revised deadline wherein my publisher expected me to hand in my children's book. AND I DID. Now I don't have to feel guilty to sit at the computer and have a large glass of wine and blog. As I am doing now. Feel the guilt leave the building.
Writing the book at first was rough because I suck at being a girl. I am the worst multitasker, like, ever. My entire motivation for ditching work to become the stay-at-home mommasaurus I am now was that I couldn't do anything, at all, without my thoughts drifting to Isaac and how I should be paying attention to him and not all the other meaningless crap that society tended to call "work". But this week the hubs, who in my mind somehow counts as me, helped a lot and babysat the boys two nights in a row so I could get the book done. I have also been staying up far past a healthy bedtime to work my tail off at it. In the end, it felt good, this burning the midnight oil thing, and it also felt good to ship off a product I can be proud of. Let's just hope my publisher feels the love.
So tomorrow, when it is not one in the morning, I look forward to showering this blog with the attention it so deserves. There is so much to tell, and so much photographic evidence to support the telling. I have missed sharing our lives with the internet. I promise I'll make it up to you. I also promise I'll go visit your blogs. Like right now.
posted by Claire at 12:57 AM
5 Comments:
Welcome back Claire! I've missed you and Isaac and Jacob. Congratulations on finishing your book too...that is an amazing accomplishment!
Yay! I am glad you are back! I missed seeing your blog in the "updated blogs" section of my bloglines. Can't wait to see the pictures and a huge congrats on getting the book done! Drink another glass of wine!
Welcome Back! And Congrats on finishing the book! I am very impressed and will run out to buy my copy when it is published ASAP!
Yay! Claire! Missed you and your boys. I really need to see how much Jacob and Isaac has changed. Like soon! And CONGRATS on finishing your book. You rock!
I am looking forward to seeing new posts from our neighbor state.
So when does the book go into print? And who is it geared toward?
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