Updates

I haven't written here in a while.  Truth is, I've been experimenting with other kinds of writing.  I've been doing some creative writing this winter.  It's not great, and I'm really not comfortable sharing it (yet?), but maybe someday.  Anyway, that's why I haven't been blogging on here lately. 

So, to summarize the last few months:

• My brother got engaged!
• My mother-in-law fell on Christmas Eve & was in the hospital for the holiday (as were we).  She has been on FMLA from work ever since.
• I drank a lot on New Year's Eve to try to erase the image of my mother-in-law falling, breaking her back (luckily not the part with all the nerves), & landing unconscious in her sister's front yard.
• Paul has been to 2 orthopedic surgeons & now has an appointment with a chiropractor for crippling pain in his lower back/ hip/ leg area. 
• Paul's car is slowly dying, and we're looking into getting a new one.
• I went to a mega-fun scrapbooking weekend in January with my crop girls.  It was the best!
• I had the flu in January, and I still have a slight cough from it.  It's annoying.
• The Steelers lost the Super Bowl.
• Paul sent me the above flowers for my birthday.  The card says that he thought the arrangement looked creepy & that it would be good for a birthday laugh.  He's so romantic.  He also got me tickets to see Nunsense at the Cabaret Theater in April, which is very exciting!

I'm sure I'm forgetting lots & lots of important stuff that happened, but my memory is bad.  I'm 37 now.  It's also Monday, and my brain is foggy on Mondays.  It's also tired on Fridays.  Sometimes it's even tired by Thurs.  And it is on hiatus on Saturdays & Sundays, of course.  Basically, my brain only works on Tuesdays & Wednesdays.  If need to tell me anything important, please keep this in mind.