we're less than a month away from the halfway mark of 2007?? nuh-uh. no way. i don't believe it. didn't i just get the holiday decorations put away? where have the last five months gone?

i know i've done some scrapping ... i seem to recall sweating deadlines and creating under pure adrenaline and caffiene. i'm pretty sure i've taken care on my kids ... they seem healthy and clean and dressed. i might have spent a moment or two with marc ... his head is cleanly shaven and his clothes for work are clean, and those things don't happen by themselves. and there are three new pairs of dress flip flops in the entryway ... at some point i must have snapped and bought new shoes. and i know our bedroom isn't purple anymore, for the first time in two years ... that little project isn't a product of elves, as far as i'm aware.

but seriously ... june?? already?

somewhere in the past couple of months i think i agreed to work on a column, and i might have sent in a book proposal. but i may have dreamed that both are now in progress ... i can't believe i actually agreed to them because i KNOW what my immediate future holds. i'm entering a phase that includes summer break, marc traveling an insanse amount (he'll be home for eight days in june. eight.), my own travels to chicago for cha and michigan to teach at gasc and winnipeg to teach at canada scrapbook crop for kids, having the bathrooms renovated, and a possible/probable move to carmel, indiana. so there's no WAY i would willingly take on more work, right?

i think i'm in denial. about what day it is. what month it is. what i have on my "to do" list. how little help i'll have around the house. how my daily child-to-mommy ratio will double next week.

maybe i'll just sit back and sip some iced tea and flip through martha stewart and watch the kids run through the sprinkler while marc grills dinner and the cleaning ladies make sure my house is perfect.

and then i'll go watch those silly pigs fly.

i was so sad to think of my masters year winding down, but i have a feeling the next eight months will be even busier. on one hand i'm beyond thrilled to continue working for f+w/memory makers ... i love this company!! on the other hand, i'm a little nervous. but when it rains, it pours, right? and there are definitely pots on gold at the end of the rainbow ... i'll be writing, which is what i love and is my life-plan anyway, and the thought of living in the same state as our families for the first time in eleven years is exciting, and seeing the kind of house we can afford in indiana for what we pay in minneapolis is exhilirating. and summer brings lots of fun for the kids, which is always good for photo ops. so if i look on the bright side, it's all good. just all compacted into a much shorter, sooner timeframe than expected.

we should always be careful what we wish for. i think that's, like, the moral of this little story. because it sure as heck doesn't have a point.

ha ha.