Supine Sunday < or > Joyful Loitering

A lovely Sunday afternoon...reading the news online, sipping a glass of wine with a bowl of ripe strawberries and apricots at my side, Sara Gazarek playing and the baby sleeping soundly in his crib. Last night a funnel cloud formed and dissipated in front of my eyes while hail fell on our car and my garden. Thankfully the tomato plants are fine, seedlings unbent, and the car only marred by the castoffs of clouds of pollen passing by. Our life seems charmed. Bittersweet as nothing is permanent. It is cause to savor the moment and prepare for all possibilities, but I have this...and it is sweet. Here's to another lazy Sunday! Cheers!
For a little laugh and shared consternation read this http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/steffy/6448656.html

race day

stardate 5.24.09 captain's log

alien baby is out of control. it seems that he has sharp pains due to teeth on the verge of rupturing his upper gums. this has led to crying, lack of appetite, drooling, odd behavior in general, and most urgently a certain change in sleeping habits which his caretakers have not appreciated. he also has learned to stand up with no supports and take a few steps. it may be that he has the desire to take over the bridge and has adapted his abilities just for this reason. i have enacted red alert and am sending out a distress signal to anyone in the nearby systems. when this message is received i fear that my vessel will have been compromised.
juliana out...

Affection Given and Received

It is sweet to be on the receiving end of affection from a baby of which my energy and love I have continually poured into for more than a years time. I got a kiss! Several in fact, closed-mouthed even...pretty good for a teething baby that sees everything as a potential chew toy or slobbering vessel. During his daily romps he also likes to saunter over for a hug or two before going off again to play. Now every mother knows that these rewards are not necessary to our job, but I find them quite pleasurable.

In other news, Derek got me a Kindle 2 for Mother's Day (it just arrived). The tactility of dog-eared and well loved books will be difficult to let go of. Yet just as it occurred with my digital camera, it becomes much easier to move on when the replacement is so versatile, convenient, and exceptional. I am hooked and once again convinced that Theo will live and grow in a nominally- papered world. I will have to adapt some of my teaching techniques for that outcome. Once again, the science fiction of my childhood (think Trek pads or JL-'computer play Mozart, early period, something light and airy') is the reality of today or just 'stuff' as T will refer to it (mom, what's the big deal??). I'm still waiting for my personal food replicator (me-"dark chocolate cheesecake, lowfat, cold, and a large Stout with undertones of coffee and vanilla, 55 degrees.")

lazy friday