I'm not a big blog-apologizer. (It's NOT because I don't love you, though. I do.)
Every time I feel like announcing "I'm sorry!" into the air, I think...
for what? For not meeting my own expectations? For being human? Kind of silly, so I try and stop myself.
But, by
this time, there IS a certain expectation from you that, after all this time, I will at the very least show up semi-regularly and post something mildly amusing. And I greatly appreciate that trust. So I do my best to do that because 1) I love to blog and 2) I love to share stuff with you. (Duh! ;D )
But sometimes, not ALL the time, not even a LOT... but sometimes, like right NOW, life just goes sort of crazy-busy and things fall off the rails a bit.
I can't complain about a bunch of it-- I am really in a very good place & feeling super (good) challenged with WW work. But
(...and, aside from the little thing called my day job, hello!) I have a LOT of other things going on at the moment too... Namely, the home renovation which has completely overtaken our lives. And while it is absolutely yay-exciting and rah-rah-rahawesome it has also been fraught with unexpected adventures around every corner.... Kind of like living on a rollercoaster. Exciting for a bit but really,
really hard to maintain, coffee flying everywhere...
So, if I'm not around as much as I usually am, here and everywhere else, if you're thinking "where's my Wishing Well monthly email?" No, you didn't miss it in your inbox. That is what's up.
But pretty soon, the water will be calmer, spring will be sprung, and we will be in a new chapter with all-new adventures awaiting... I am ready!
You gotta look down to look up...
Why? 'Coz he said so.
Charles River. Boston and Cambridge.
A dirty snowbank that looked like a gorilla head.
...see what I mean?
Seeing the world a little differently right now.
...and back home to my lovely little Daisy waiting for me.
Here in New England, we're in the midst of the biggest storm in at least a decade! The weather peeps have even named it: Nemo (yep, they're naming blizzards now). Massachusetts declared a state of emergency at 12 noon Friday. The T (our public subway system & my car) stopped running at 3:30 pm. A driving ban went into effect at 4 pm Friday and is now still in effect (it's Saturday, noon) until further notice.
We've been camping out for 24 hours and I must say it has been a lot a LOT of fun! It's so rare these days that you're forced to sit still for a minute, let alone a whole day. We've been incredibly lucky with no loss of power, not even a flicker, so far. Which means I've been able to keep my iphone charged up to snap up some pics of this frozen moment in time.
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| Friday night |
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| Saturday morning |
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| I would like some snowshoes for days like this. |
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| The back yard this morning. The aliens have landed, and they have sprinkled fairy dust everywhere! |
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| First signs of life |
Matt and I will be moving into our new place soon. But before it is inhabitable by humans, an almost-complete interior renovation is needed.
We've been in the midst of this for over a month now. I've never been involved in anything like this. While I knew it would be a new experience and was prepared for that aspect, there's no way I could have fully prepared for the total emo-clash I've got going on. The large project that has turned into a huge one.
Right now, it's all rubble, broken bricks and raw ceiling beams. But things are finally coming together bit by bit, and slowly we are able to envision what is to come.
For instance, when we started, the second floor ceilings were just over 6 head-grazing feet high. Now, they will be 9 feet high! The added height will make all the difference in the world in such a cozy little space.
