Hi.
Just want you all to know I am reading.
Erika, please just post updates and forget all about our posts, okay? No pressure. And sleep when you can, because I know you need it. xoxo.
Dawn, I liked your last post. And yours
Lisa. And
Nancy, yours, except what you said about Apple.
We are, well Nick is, an Apple geek. Very very into them in the W-D household. In fact, today I am going to the Apple store!
Okay, so here's the thing. Christmas was lovely, ate a lot, but back on track and heading to the gym today (walked for an hour, part of it on the phone with Lyz, yesterday).
But. The Three Dramas of Christmas are active. Well, two of them. One is a good thing, one is not. I might not be on very much for a few more days, because I have to tend to someone who is hurting emotionally. That's how simple it is, and there might be nothing I can do, but I'm going to try. That's Drama Number One.
So, Drama Number Two is my friend is pregnant, very very early, six weeks. She is 37, thought she would never get pregnant, and is so worried about all this early stuff. Spotting, and it freaks her out. But her husband who is a bundle of nerves, wants to tell everyone. He claims to feel panic at every moment, but he's HAPPY.
I can't tell you what it's like to watch them. I so want this for them, so so badly. They are our closest friends, the ones we do everything with. We go out every weekend, she and I talk every day, Emily calls them aunt and uncle. They are ready for this change, but she's just afraid to get happy about it. So, it's wonderful and fingers crossed at the same time. If God forbid something happens, her heart will not recover enough to try again. After 7 years of trying, with no luck, this is a miracle. And yes, unplanned and no drugs or anything. She gave up and stopped every treatment about a year ago.
Drama Number Three is funny. I live across the street from my high school friend M's sister. We actually picked this house for that reason, because I have known the sister and her husband since I was 15. Now, after 5 years, we are tight with them and their kids and all. It's very nice. So, I get to see M on holidays because we are across the street from each other! Anyway, M is divorced, lives in NYC, my age. The day after Thanksgiving, everyone comes over here. As usual. I think I wrote about this part before...after Thanksgiving. Jackie's brothers come, too. Her older brother (and these are like my brothers, since I have known them since I was 8) is home from Kentucky. So it's great to see him, etc. Well, we all spend Friday night and Saturday night together and M and Big Brother hit it off!
Now, they have always like each other, but we were in high school and he was in college, or we were in college and he was in med school, and then both of them were married. Now both are divorced, and they have SO much in common. So! They decide he will come home for Christmas, too. AND that M will come to my mom's big party on Christmas Eve. His family always comes. So, wink, wink, they manage to spend Christmas together without having to tell the families they are dating! But of course it was the talk of the night. And now they are in NYC for the weekend...and then he goes home and she goes out there for 5 days!
Honestly, I LOVE them together and hope it works. But it was SUCH a drama that night, as everyone tried to figure out what was going on! So funny.
So there's the good stuff. Now I'm off to the gym and to be present for someone. Sometimes, that's all we can do.
xoxo to all of you.
(he's a software developer 
doesn't work with the apple/mac systems...)...although yesterday there were 3 iphones in the house....SIL was showing me her AOL radio that she downloaded....do you have that??? TOTALLY AWESOME. You need it. really. it's a "must have" in my book. 
I envy for having the motivation to do it! I am lacking in that department!
Nice. I sat and read your stories and thought I want both. Shutting up now.
The stories were lovely. And 
WOO HOO for Paula! You go, biker chick! 
Hi Roddy! Nice to have you here.
