- Nettl and I will be able to have a conversation without being interrupted.
- Less drama.
- The red sign on our bedroom door will actually mean something.
- The phone will ring considerably less.
- Quieter weekends and evenings.
- Less taxi-cabbing.
- Fewer "I, me, mine" monologues.
- On the weekends I'll be able to wake up and pee without waiting for 3 or 4 other people to get in and out of the shower.
- More time alone with Nettl.
- Next summer when Lauren comes home and the kids are home again.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
10 Things That I Look Forward To
Here is a list of things that I look forward to, or at least hope for, now that Lauren is getting settled in her new home in Bretagne (Brittany) and school is back in session:
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Enjoy!
This summer for the first time since I have kids, all four of them where elsewhere at the same time: one whole blessed month.
To clean up the apartment.
Just kidding.
Too true!!!
I love your photo sets, by the way. It would never occur to me to notice pink on a rainy day, for example. Must be why I'm a musician and not a photographer.
I am so ready for a break! This last year has been pretty intense!
(Vienna waits for us...)
I read your description next to your profile and I swear it could have been sucked from myhead at 4am this morning.
I told my husband yesterday that sleeping is a waste of time. It was 5 am and after my rant he demanded I get in to bed and go to sleep. I did and it took me one hour to fall asleep and I only slept 3 hours. I find life to exciting and too short to sleep it away!
thoughts?
I'm very fortunate in that Nettl understands that I'm a night person and cannot, will not, change. She wouldn't want me to anyway.
When we had everyone at home there were no fewer than 7 people in the house and sometimes 8. Late night was the only time that I got to delve into my work, which is writing and composition and which demand stretches of time with no interruptions or noise. Now, staying up is a habit more than anything, but one that I nurture and protect. My sanity depends on it!
Thanks for the comment!
Steph
I wouldn't know why I notice these things, but in the case of "pink in the rain" I challenged myself to find more pink objects after I noticed the bike. Shallow breathing keeps one alive, but taking a deep breath every now and then is more exhilarating (I am not a "photographer", btw, only a flaneur with a camera *g*).
I have already as a child driven my parents to exhaustion because I loved to stay up late. When the kids were small, it was the only way to have some uninterrupted time. Well, I simply cannot fathom living without the late hours.
Do you know Margaret Attwood's poem In the Secular Night?
I would love to be able to be a night owl again. I used to work nights, and I loved it. Now I have a regular 8 to 5 day job. I love the job, but miss the flexibility that the night shift gave me.
BTW Merisi, I too visited your "pink rain".
Love it!!
Let me know if you do "purple haze". It's my favorite colour.
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