Hello. Hello. Anyone out there?  I didn’t think so.  It has been so very long since I’ve written here.  And I’ve missed it.  I decided that I can carve out a little time for me.  I need to carve out a little time for me.   Time for me to do what I love and time for me to do what I don’t love but need to do - hello exercise I’m talking to you!

I started grad school this past fall and it has taken me a while to get my groove back.  I have been so determined to make sure that my going back to school didn’t adversely affect my family or take away much time from them that I kind of lost me in the midst of it all.  Sure, school is for me, but it is also for them.  I think it’s been good for Sam and the kids to have their own time together on Tuesday nights when I am at school.  They watch movies together or play games.  The kids are just fine with me walking out the door and Sam has really enjoyed spending time with the kids, and they have loved having Daddy to themselves.

I squeeze my homework in when they are asleep or otherwise occupied and it feels good to be paving my path in a new direction.  With all the juggling though, I’ve lost some of the things I have enjoyed like writing here, and doing things for me.  Can’t recall the last time I painted my nails.  The gray in my hair is really noticeable by the time I get around to dyeing it.  I am not exactly the person people come to for fashion advice.  I have decided that I am going to make an effort to do those me things that I so enjoy.  So there you have it.  This here post is for me.  I am back.

My homework is done.  I have taken the first step by posting on this blog again.  While Francesca is still napping, I’m going to squeeze in a workout.  Then it’s dinner, off to Gymnastics for Francesca and a much anticipated trip to the library for the kids.  Maybe I’ll even find a book for me.  What a concept!  Missed you.