I Hear that 40 Comin! Comin around the Bend..

I have been trying to get here and post since September 23rd! But I had to get something here on the last day of September. Oddly, I thought I had posted something and was surprised to read my last posting was in August. Anyway!

(Incidentally, can you hear Johnny Cash on my title?)

Update- everything and everybody is doing well. We have a routine established and we're rolling right along, taking the bumps as smoothly as possible. The Con Man, Eagle Eye Chaj and The Husband are all just peachy. Truly not much to report- perhaps I will share some cute stories later!

As for me, I've been terrific! Except I did have one very bad evening. Kathi wrote me a little email message at work (I needed something we used to work on together) and it really hit me how much I miss her and working with her. Now, that is not to say I don't miss everyone else! It mostly illustrates how these moments of intense longing really come out of the blue! Here I am reading an email, happily enjoying the newsy tidbits, and WHAM! I am crying like a big baby. My mom has informed me that things like this would happen to her as late as 2 years after a move. SO- one more month and year to go! Can you believe it? November 1st I will have lived in Indiana a whole year.

More updates on me- I will be 40 years old tomorrow! Who'd-a-Thunk-it? This birthday isn't hard at all! But it is weird to think I will be 40! Feel kind of proud, actually. Why? Don't know! It only proves I haven't died, which is really a strange way to view it.

My weight release- (at my Weight Watchers meeting, a lady says she doesn't 'lose' weight. When you lose something, you usually want to find it, to have it back! Instead she releases it!) Anyway, my weight release has slowed down considerably. I knew it would happen if I got a job because it is so hard to focus on it as a main priority when I am trying to be the LibraryMomma Extraordinaire!

I have attempted to entice the staff to exercise with me after school! Monday was our first day- it went well. I'll also share with you that it is also difficult to get motivated when I look in the mirror! I still would like to release 35-40 pounds, but I look so great in my clothes right now! Now you tall people consider my short height in this next sentence- but right now I am fitting into 10/ 12 size and although I suppose I 'should' be smaller, I just can't seem to feel that fat, coming from where I was before. I know I'll get the bug again though, so I won't worry.

The LibraryMomma Extraordinaire- I am trying. When I write that, all I can think of is "the Beebs". Not sure why, but there it is. I could share all kinds of little library bits, but I will spare you! I am really enjoying having my own library media center to run and all the fun/headaches that come along with it. But it has really tapped into my writing time! Now I know why professional writers (or want to be's) try not to work full time on an outside job! It really drains your creative thoughts! But I continue to jot down thoughts in my journal, at least weekly.

So, I think stopping here would be a good idea, as I am beginning to get tired. (mostly from what I have written!!! :-)

I wish you a crisp, cool, colorful autumn October with lots of pumpkin treats!
(Let's all take a moment to Thank to Good Lord Above for Pumpkin Shakes at Culvers! How DID He know? YUM!)