I have been largely absent--not only have I not been posting, but I haven't been reading other blogs. The latter is the bigger shame.
Life has been kicking my butt lately. The reason: Two boys in school.
The little boy is in middle school now, which has meant more homework and more responsibility. And soccer. And drumming. I think we've adjusted to "it's not summer anymore" but we're still adapting to evenings that are either homework, or nagging about homework. I miss our epic games of Dominion. I miss setting his dinner aside because I didn't want to interrupt his outside games with neighborhood friends.
The big boy is also in school. He's only taking two classes, but they are graduate level and are eager to suck up as much of his life as he is willing to surrender. And since he's very interested in the topics, that's a big amount. He is taking one course in digital fabrication, and another related one in Advanced Computational Geometry. If those terms don't mean anything to you, join the club. They've been like a full-time job. What he marvels at are his classmates, most of whom have a full course load and are at that stage of their architecture degrees where they have no time for sleeping or eating. When he was in school, he tells me, he LIVED at the studio. (I wasn't around at the time--I was off being an undergrad). Anyway, it feels like we never see him. This too may ease as he adjusts to it. Or, perhaps it won't ease, but will end when the term does in December. Just have to hang on.
Me? I am NOT in school so I have no excuse, really. No excuse for not blogging. No excuse for the state of my kitchen--not to mention the rest of my house. But it's all kind of taxing, I find, watching the people you love be really busy. Being the one best able to stay on top of the need to buy toilet paper and cat food, and the deadline for lunch order forms, and where is the soccer uniform and blah blah blah.
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