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I thought quite assuredly that it had been much longer since my last post. However, June 2012 was still a relatively long time ago. I find that at this very moment I am both giddy and uncertain. There are so many wonderful things that I’m excited about but I am at a loss in trying to find the right order to do them in. As a result there are moments where I just seem to push paper around.

I just started reading The Great Gatsby last night and was so enthralled that I am again considering publishing my poems and working on a novel or novella. I am certainly no Fitzgerald nor am I as good as my best friend, pulp writer extraordinaire, Barry Reese. I often feel that I don’t have enough life experience and that it will show and be magnified if I attempted to seriously work on a piece. I fear the blinking of the damned insertion point on the page, waiting for thoughts, waiting for the stream of subconsciousness to make itself known. Continue reading “Enter Title Here” →

Last night was the first night that it was just K and I in the bed. After each girl fell asleep K scooped them up and put them in their beds. They of course barreled into the room this morning and made my attempts to sleep in futile. Last night after more repetitive movie watching (we saw “Mirror Mirror” again) the girls went to sleep. K and I spent the rest of our anniversary watching television.

With the exception of a few tantrums here and there, the girls have been good. I’m of the impression that Anna knows that K and I plan to marry while Margaret is oblivious. She keeps doing the whole “I’m watching you” thing from the Focker movies. I have been combing their hair and assisting in parenting. The more I do so the more I begin to see the type of parent I might have been had I had children. I’m definitely the stricter type. The girls can be a little wild and although I give them some leeway, I’m the first to tell them to behave. Continue reading “The Training Goes on” →

Saturday, June 16. Training begins. With my upcoming nuptials with Kenrick I’ll actually be a stepmother by year’s end. I suppose I never really thought about that possibility before Kenrick. I was still of the age and mindset that I was still young

enough to again find love with someone with no children and for that someone to not need for me to have children. Well, you know what they say about the best laid plans…
Continue reading “Stepmom in Training” →