A Barrel of Nelsons

First off thank you so much for the support and e-hugs and everything. It really does mean alot to me.
And before anyone misunderstands… I am happy for S and L (and Princess C and The Sweetling and the new baby). But happy is not the singular emotion or feeling that I have right now.
And so [...]

I’ve been avoiding you guys. Sorry. I’m just not in a happy place right now and I don’t want to type things and post them and regret it later.
Bloomington and Columbus were nice. Sara’s baby bump is just barely noticeable, and her spider bite was going down. Sam’s great at taking care of her. My [...]

We’re driving down to Bloomington to see Sara and Sam and Sara’s huge spider bite and Sara’s newly appearing baby bump today (as well as assorted cuddly furry creatures that live with them). There’s a big part of me that wants to go “Squee!” because it’s Sara and I love her and sometimes being so [...]

As I so often put it, I’m from Small-City Indiana. Up until I headed off to college, our biggest move was across town. There was a high likelihood that most of the people I met knew my parents or grandparents or knew someone who knew them.
Contrast that to Jeff who has moved more times than [...]

It’s Tuesday and I’m still aching, physically and emotionally. I’ve got various things to blog about, but really, when I start to write I get nowhere. So instead I’m going to share what Sara sent me the other day.
well thank you…happy mothers day to your too…i know she is not with you, but you are [...]

We’ve been back in Lafayette for a few hours now. I’ve been skimming blogs and stuff, not really reading as much as I would like, but as much as I can. It’s always hard to be computerless for multiple days because so many people write stuff and I get so bogged down and behind.
ACen was [...]

November of 1996 my maternal grandmother died. Grandmother (which was how we all referred to her) had been diagnosed with Leukemia shortly after my birth. As complications between that and a bout of shingles she lost the sight in one of her eyes. Despite these set backs she was my primary baby sitter for many [...]

My mom came up to Lafayette yesterday. When my sister moved she decided that she didn’t like the comforter that she had. Jeff had an old one from when we were still attending Purdue and sleeping in twin beds. And it was black, which is my sister’s favorite-est color ever. So we offered her that [...]

Ugh.
I don’t think I had any clue how hard the impending arrival of Mother’s Day was going to hit me. Well, until today at least.
I hold out some hope that these next few days will make things seem better, or that I’ll at least be throughly distracted at ACen.
Not much hope though.
I don’t have a [...]

Happy Cinco de Mayo. (Meaning the 5th of May, not the 5th of Mayonnaise like some radio announcers in the area might think.)
Because we’re oh so into the celebration we’re making beef stew.
Ok, ok, I’ll cut some of the snark…
We ended up at the local Farmer’s Market this morning. This is the first week for [...]