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PEOPLE! I am alive. So is everyone in my life. WHEW!

I am 32. Everyone is not 32. But everyone is pretty neat :). Jeff gave me THE BEST present for my birthday and he is so creative. I am so lucky!

Baby is an adorable ball of amazingness even when she is naughty, e.g., ‘prison on wheels’ car ride.

Um…I really wanted to say more than this…but I’m barely holding it together on multiple fronts, in a good way, I do like being busy after all…so I gotta jet. But HIIIII! And bye. 😉

Last year on the eve of my 31st I wanted nothing more than a baby of our own.

And now here she is sleeping on my chest.

What a wonderful gift. Happy 32 to me!

Things I am currently dealing with:

My Dad battling metastatic lung cancer, a neighbor who is harassing us and our new baby and forcing us to look into selling our house sooner than we’d like, taking care of and enjoying said (adorable, amazing, awesome) baby, going back to work/becoming a working mom and well so far that’s it.

I am at my limit.

Please do not push my limits. I am not a good communicator right now but please do not take it personally. Stuff is going on and I can only handle so much. Gracias.

(Eventually…maybe…separate entries about all of this. Especially my Dad. It breaks my heart.)

We won’t be disappointed
We’ll fight like girls for our place at the table
Our room on the floor
We’ll set off the geese of Beverly Road

Oh, come, come be my waitress and serve me tonight
Serve me the sky tonight
Oh, come, come be my waitress and serve me tonight
Serve me the sky with a big slice of lemon

-The National

Trust nothing.

Especially August.

And tricky nature.

Ughhhhhhhh…

“currently my mom is teaching me about everything I need to do now that I’m an adult… I never knew ANY OF THIS”

–Jordyn Wieber

Ha ha. I don’t have a lot to say as I’m yet again typing one-handed 🙂 but I thought that tweet was tooooooo funny. Oh the joys of graduating HS, eh Wiebs? LOL.

Anyway. Life is good. My dad is basically a miracle and is healthy again after a very scary whirlwind few weeks. His retirement bash was fantastic if extra dramatic due to not yet knowing the potential outcomes for his health. It was really really cool to see just how much his coworkers adored him and found him to be a mentor. I mean duh I knew that but I’m his kid! Anyway.

We had a very fun Mason reunion and baby loved it too. She seems to love chaos and crowds, sleeps best in those circumstances. Hmmmmmm. Interesting. Anyway. She is the cutest thing even if she ONLY wants Mommy (or Daddy) right now…awww. It is hard being a baby.

I go back to work soon. I went to a meeting with some big bosses yesterday which was cool. But I will be very sad to see this summer end. It’s been amazing and an absolute dream. Well we will figure it out.

And today Jenny and Hakan close on their HOUSE!!!!

OK time to see if I can get on a real computer now and answer some emails…doubtful. Sayonara yo! Train Hurts Child.

Who leaves college without graduating, doesn’t pass his licensure exam the first time, and goes on to have a successful 44-years-long career as an architect anyway?

Who meets a great woman on a blind date, elopes to Mexico (in an earthquake, no less) with her a mere six months later, and stays happily married for 34(??) years?

Who discovers he has a pretty big mass in his lung, which turns out to be cancer, but it incredibly winds up being operable and removable and stage 1 and almost unreal?

MY DAD!

YEAH STEVE!!!

His streak of luck continues. 🙂 🙂 🙂

When LeRoy died, it wasn’t just about losing this great person who was so loved and adored, so smart and funny and wisecracking and wise; but somehow it was also about his whole life and his legacy left behind. All his contributions, all the years, all those kids…so much good.

What happens when the kids (who are very much no longer kids, mind you) die?

I figured we’re still years away from worrying about that, but who knows. Somehow contributing my own kid to the 4th generation makes me wary.

Life is fleeting and nature is a tricky beast. Keep an eye out.

So yeah had a baby and went MIA. Typical. JK. In reality all my Internet activity is on my phone/one-handed, so deliberately short and sweet.

BUT ALSO.

As someone who’s shared a decent amount of her life on the Internet since, oh, age 16(?!?), you may find this ironic, but it makes me even MORE cognizant of what I post regarding our daughter on the web/digitally. Including Facebook, Twitter, etc. Basically this: I feel like it should be HER choice what gets put out there about herself. Obviously, people will post pics etc and I am AOK w/ that (eg Grandparents, Aunts, etc), and I even posted a couple, but as her blogging(?! LOL) mom(?!! OMG!) I feel even more compelled to Watch It. Or something. Vamos a ver.

That said, she really is a little dream come true and we are on Cloud 9. 🙂 🙂 🙂 I always wondered how it might feel to have a long-held dream come true…

Feels amazing.

We’ve been having lots of fun, going on cool walks, and just hanging out. Jeff goes back to work soon and that will be tough. But such is life. And life is good! Happy July!!! The best!

You’re here and you’re real and you’re amazing.

Absolutely a dream come true. Welcome to our world baby girl. We are so incredibly lucky to have you here.