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She’s Back(ish)

I maintain that Ethan’s bed is the most comfortable bed ever made. Five minutes on that thing and you’re out.

I gave E’s room a good cleaning yesterday and rearranged some of his furniture, got rid of the floor lamp for a hanging lantern, and replaced the wee rocking chair he’s outgrown for his chalkboard easel. Earlier in the day we had filled the birdfeeder outside his window with birdseed, and for the rest of the afternoon Pablo kept a close watch for the cardinals to come by for a bite to eat.

Ethan and I lay on his bed, talking about and watching Pablo (Ethan’s favorite subject), until both of us fell asleep. I woke up drooling on his head.

Above all, that was my favorite moment of my vacation. After spending the day puttering around the yard, trying to play badminton with an athlectically challenged five-year-old, planting some sunflowers, and letting the cat out for a closely-monitored romp through the backyard, what melts me is napping with his warm little body curled up against mine, the smell of his hair reminding me of how he smelled as a baby. Sometimes simple pleasures are the most satisfaying.

In the meantime, I’ve knocked out one gigantic project and got halfway through another. I still have four additional papers to write and another lesser project to complete. I will take over the blog again tomorrow with a commitment of writing at least one meaningful post a day. However, I will leave the guest accounts open for another day or so to give my wonderful guestbloggers a chance to plug their own blogs one last time and make one last hurrah.

A sincere thank you to all who took on posting responsibilities here. You all provided me with some wonderful reading during my break and, hopefully, got yourselves some new readership.

I am off for a walk. Mp3 player, check. Massive bag, check. Sunglasses, check. Reasonable shoes, check. It’s Sunday and it’s beautiful out.


5 thoughts on She’s Back(ish)

  1. I love the new design, and I’m sorry I missed this post about one more day. (Didn’t see it til just now) . I would have liked to publicly thank you for the guestblogging gig, but I had to go out of town and had crappy internet access.

    Anyway! Thanks Lauren! You have an awesome little community here.

    alley rat

  2. Wow! This redesign is gorgeous! When I went to your page, I actually gasped with delight and startled my coworkers. No joke. It made my lunchbreak.

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