swing dancer

today we planted our third 'garden of eat-in' at 79 main street. when we were done, we all happily agreed that it was our prettiest garden yet! i also think it's our most practical. we've only planted vegetables and herbs that we want to eat and/or plants we know will successfully grow. we also laid black cedar chips, which will suppress the weeds and also really make the plants and the paths really pop. EXCELLENT!

éamon and i also joined a group bike ride down to the water where the living roomers for a lakeside picnic. i'm so happy to be cycling again, and even more happy that i can tote éamon along in the stoller (since it doubles as a bike trailer). i've decided to keep my eye out for an inexpensive folding bike to keep in my cubical so i can go cycling at lunch time.

ugh, i'm so tired and worn out today. i'm going to go lie back on the loveseat and watch 30 rock with b...

it was perfect til
he came along and wrecked it.

sofa

brendan and i have been married nearly four years, and during that time we have not kept a chores schedule with assigned chores. but at this point, it seems like the reasonable thing to do. it makes me wonder why we ever thought chores would get done unintentionally, or that they'd just sort themselves out. this is probably partly because i've never had a chores roster with housemates, but i suppose the longest i lived with friends was a year and a half. it was always a short term arrangement. this is a long term arrangement, so having a plan is probably a good idea.

i was talking with someone the other day who was asking about when i return to work. i go back 2 months from today. as we were talking about this upcoming transition for me, i told her about the things i've been thinking and doing to prepare for that, and she said "sounds like you're nesting for this change". that struck me interesting because i'd never thought of it that way, but i really like the sound of that.

i got this new lunch box. it's called a planet box. i really wanted something that was an all in one tray that had separate little compartments for small portions of different things. this is exactly what i was imagining.

i don't really know what's going to happen in two months. brendan's work might be closing, so it's a definite possibility that éamon won't be going to daycare after all. he'll just stay home with dada. the question seems to be WHEN is it closing – august or december. we both feel ok about this, and we're both happy at the thought of éamon being at home with b. the timing is just a bit unclear, but i'm sure it'll work out and there's no sense in being anxious for certainty.

éamon's in a bit of a fussy phase since yesterday. he's just whining a lot and wants to be held all the time. it might be his teeth. he had another tooth cut through yesterday (the fourth this month!). he finally fell asleep. so i'm going to go enjoy some peace and quiet.

all the meals you rushed
– never tasted.

as much

i don't know about you... but there are times in my life when i just have so much to say that i end up saying nothing. vincent told me once that sometimes i say too much, and sometimes i say too little. i suppose this week i've fallen in the latter category.

let me just say a few things as bullets so that i feel slightly more up to speed, then i can start talking on other stuff.

• we had an amazing time in philly. it was a really good trip and i'm really glad we went there instead of cuba. i'll get back to our trip later.

• when we got back, we picked up a new couch that i'd found on kijiji, and i'm slowly adjusting to it. it's slightly more bulky than our previous couch, but it's quite soft and i quite like lounging on it. 

• most of my headspace has been taken up with sermon prep for tomorrow. i haven't preached in a year. i've been avoiding it largely because it weighs heavily on my mind, heart and energy. that said, since i've had rather short notice, i've been able to avoid that weight for an extended time.

• éamon's starting to scoot around and get into things. it's really fun. yesterday, he ate some of my pad thai and i felt super proud of him. there's really nothing he won't eat. while i'm enjoying this new stage, there is part of me who feels nostalgic for his young, more fragile, more stationery phase. 

• i've been thinking and chatting a lot lately about my future career wise. these discussions have been met with mixed responses. however, as i look towards the more near future, i've been trying to find creative ways of addressing the less appealing aspects of working life. surprisingly enough, i'm not dreading the early mornings. lately when i've been out or up early, i've enjoyed that special time of day. 

free to roam, made a home out of everywhere i've been.