[ g.i. joe-ing ]

I'm sporadically available. sometimes here, sometimes gone, and I'm not just talking about my mental faculties. know that if I don't respond, or if you don't see posts, it's not because I've lost any love for you.. it's just because I'm not exactly working a nine to five anymore.

that being said, I've missed you all--though I must admit I've missed writing even more. (:

welcome back, self.

| reverting back to elementary school |

hallie and I spent a good chunk of last night on the porch while it was raining; I love that it’s nice enough to sit outside and enjoy life while it’s raining outside.

I started out with a book and a cigar, and ended up cutting out “snowflakes” with hal that ended up looking like strange, buglike [...]

| birthday parties = cake |

so tonight’s a combined birthday party for my sister, hallie, and my cousin, hayden. their birthdays are just about 2 weeks apart, so we decided to wait to do one with both girls. we’re doing it at a ceramic painting place.. you know, where you pick out the piece, paint it, and then they fire it [...]

| with all of the excitement, I almost forgot |

to say that it was hallie’s birthday yesterday, and that she’s NINE YEARS OLD! wow. we’re having her birthday party on sunday, and it should prove itself to be quite a blast. it’s an “adopt a puppy” theme. : ) that’s right, that’s what she wanted. I even made up little adoption certificates for her party.. [...]

| school was never this hard.. |

hallie, my 8-year-old (but she’ll tell you she’d rather be called an almost-nine-year-old) sister came home from school the other day in a bit of a panic. she just had to pass her light-blue multiplication test. I wasn’t quite understanding, so she explained it to me further, and it was shocking. 

in third grade, she’s expected to be [...]