I recently had occasion to revisit some old journals. For the record, such an opportunity for self-reflection is awesome, and it also sucks. I can see how far I’ve come, and also I can see how ridiculous I once was. I will say that I was not all ridiculous. I was also awesome. Those qualities are in different concentrations now. I hope more of the latter and less of the former.

Sigh.

No, I will not share excerpts. You’d have to pay me, and publish me in your book. In fact, although I often say that I can be bought, I think you might not be able to pay me enough.

(I am too tired to write a post so I am just copying an email I sent to my mother:)

We had a really nice day today. We kept Kyle home from daycare and brought him to the beach in the morning. Stewart surfed for about an hour and we played in the sand and walked around. Then we got donuts and juice and chocolate milk for Kyle. When we got home Anna was here so I put Kyle down for a nap and took one myself. He didn’t sleep – 45 mins. later he was still playing in his crib so we gave up on that and took him out to lunch at Chili’s – we had a $50 gift card. Kyle ate mac & cheese and broccoli and then I ordered their chocolate chip brownie with ice cream and we shared it. He was in heaven. Then we got my car washed and that’s when all the sugar and fatigue hit him and he kept throwing little fits as we waited. We got home at 3 and now I think he’s finally settled down to nap. I am not far behind. But it was a great day. Tomorrow we plan to take the boat out for a short cruise. Sunday we have the Kelly’s coming over for Easter Gumbo, and then some more friends are coming at 6:30 for cake and Happy Birthday. What a weekend!