Updates

I realize I've been MIA for quite some time. Summer was tough. Matt worked and traveled a lot. I didn't have much childcare. My big standing assignments disappeared, and so I had to take more lesser-paying assignments. So far this year I've earned half as much as I did last year, and it's catching up with us. No vacations. Still no new car (130K miles and counting on the Subaru, not to mention $3000 worth of repairs this year). No new floors. No patio. More trees falling. Broken dishwashers and microwaves. The list goes on and on. I'm also struggling with running injuries, so I can't run let alone train for a marathon. It's just not a good time here, and I'd rather be quiet than regale you with our recession woes. We're all still alive. No obvious battle wounds, although Owen has a loose tooth and I have a nasty plantar wart and burn on my arm from the iron. I'm praying for a miracle, but I'd take a two-for-one sale on laundry detergent.