Spring is Almost Here

March 18, 2010 by Adam in Adam

I realized I hadn't posted anything in my own section of the web site since the end of July. Clearly this site need some more self-indulgent reflection on the part of the webmeister. The house was pretty quiet last night, as the kids were off with Jamie and I was running errands and working on the house. I got a tremendous amount of things done, including:

• Replacing Sam's holy sheets with freshly purchased ones from Target
• Doing three massive loads of laundry
• Cleaning the refrigerator
• Sweeping the front steps
• Planting potatoes
• Baking banana bread
• Buying Emma some new clothes
• Dying eggs
• Cooking beets
• Painting the spackle-marks in the living room
• Going food shopping

I'm self-aware enough to realize that my frenzied activity comes from missing my kids and wanting to fill the time with something productive. On the plus side, my house feels increasingly put together. I did manage to Skype Emma for awhile, which cheered me up until it was time for her to get ready for bed. I do miss that girl.

I arranged for the event by chatting with Sam via the Steam game service. I also let him know I bought him jerky so he'd avoid eating me when the food ran out on our upcoming camping trip. The garnished an "lol" from him. I think I've generally grown used to my new life. It still feels like a transition, but the changes don't feel too overwhelming and the people I care about are doing well. I sometimes wish I had more time doing self-indulgent things like reading a book, but then I'd have to give up something I enjoy even more.