Just Keep Running

I've been trying to come up with a metaphor for the way I've been feeling lately. All I can think of is trying to hop a moving train.

Sometimes my hand is mere inches away from the bar. Sometimes I'm behind, one stumble away from watching the train speed off without me. Sometimes I get my hand on the bar, but I can never quite get my foot on the step, never quite pull myself up.

Just keep running.

Is it just me, or has this year been going by at lightning speed? I can't believe it's already almost April.

While the frenzied pace is a little out of my comfort zone (one of my favorite animals is the turtle..hello?), I also see that there are many possibilities on the horizon, and that the running won't last forever.

House hunting is exhausting, and exciting, and scary, and amazing. Thinking about things like settling down, growing roots, redecorating a kitchen...it's all very grown-up, all very symbolic of our need to be "on the right track". But what if it's wrong? what if I pick a beautiful house but then I hate the neighborhood? What if I compromise on the house to be in a good school district and end up with a money pit? What if I regret being far away from family and friends? What if my son is devastated and miserable being taken out of the school he loves?

and What if it's great.

Like most SAHMs, any parent really, I watch a lot of kid's movies. Tangled was on heavy rotation for awhile, and there is one part at the end where the heroine is about to realize her dream. The conversation goes like this:

Rapunzel: I've been looking out of a window for eighteen years, dreaming about what it might feel like when those lights rise in the sky. What if it's not everything I dreamed it would be?
Flynn Rider: It will be.
Rapunzel: And what if it is? What do I do then?
Flynn Rider: Well, That's the good part I guess. You get to go find a new dream

Just keep running.

Thanks Flynn

Addiction?

I just signed up for this:

http://campnanowrimo.org/sign_in

I know I'm crazy! I just can't resist a good camp theme...so cute.

I have absolutely no idea how I'm going to do this with everything that's going on, but my word goal is only half of that in November (25K) so maybe it will only be half as crazy??

Anyway, it's just for fun, I'm going to use it as an experiment here on the blog as I rewrite/edit one of my earlier drafts. I'll call it: Fiction Friday! (I love me some alliteration) So I'll post a portion of the story for you every Friday in April.

Here's a teaser to get  you by until then, think book jacket:

As the sullen boy who lives in the mysterious house on the hill, and the youngest son of a notoriously villainous family, Skander Malvado has been feared all his life. This is fine by him. Until, the quirky, sickeningly happy, Imogene attempts to befriend him. Together, they unlock secrets that could shake the whole town, and leave him questioning his very identity.

Stay tuned :)

What do people who aren't writers do for fun? 

You have to laugh or you'll cry: Episode 2

I told you this would be an on going series!

My husband recently had a funny incident at the grocery store. He did all the shopping, came home, and realized he forgot to load the groceries in the car! oh no!! So he rushes back to the store but the cart is gone. He explained everything to one of the security people and they said to take his receipt, go shop for everything and he could get it for free.

So he loads up the cart again, following the receipt exactly. But at the register, the person comes back and says, "Sorry, the manager says you can't have it for free."

So he just pays for everything again.

As he goes out to the car, he opens up the back, and that's when he sees...THE GROCERIES! They were there the whole time!

So now we have double of everything. Haha.

Why am I telling you this story? Besides the fact that it's pretty funny, it explains why I am glad we had two whole bags of sugar in my pantry...because one of them ended up like this:

notice the random recyclables and crayon on the cabinet

sittin in the sugar

I may be sending mixed messages by taking pictures!

 In other news, my husband and I just got approved for a mortgage...so perhaps before too long the kids will be able to destroy a house that we OWN! Oh Joy :)