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So I come here all the time intending to blog about many things. But for one reason or another — usually lack of time or inability to string coherent sentences together — the posts never come together.

I haven’t mentioned that Chapin lost his job. Fortunately he found another. Unfortunately it means traveling a LOT. Probably for most of each month and unpredictable time at home so it’s not clear if or when he will see Pumpkinhead. Our son seems unconcerned right now. I hope that he handles it well as it comes to pass. Chapin said he will call regularly. We will see…

My worries about my health seem to have been for naught. At least I hope so. I have had a lot of tingling in my right arm but the dizziness has subsided. Still have some nausea, but I think it’s because it is wicked hot here right now!! Working on hydration and vitamins.

In other non-posts, I would love to tell you all about the work I do and how much I am enjoying it. The projects I am working on and the way it allows me to utilize my legal background and my strong administrative skills. I’m really finding it to be a great challenge and am hopeful that I will continue to be able to grow. That said, I’d also love to post about the frustrations I have with certain aspects of my job. But the truth is that there is just no way I can risk it so I won’t. Sigh… Too bad, too, because I really have a great position in a field I am loving. It’s a good thing when you enjoy going to work every day. I’m hopeful that the feeling will continue.

The awesome thing is that as much as I love my work, I am also loving life right now. Money woes aside (yep, moving out was an expensive and generally unaffordable option for me), my new place is great. I have roommates who are very easygoing and Pumpkinhead is adjusting well. Currently I drop my son and their daughter off at daycare and one of my roommates picks the kids up. I pick up Pumpkinhead on the way home from work and we spend most evenings over at Mr. V’s house. While they play together on the Wii (usually SpongeBob’s Globs of Doom or Mario Kart), I cook dinner or sometimes we go out. We eat dinner together and then Pumpkinhead usually goes off to play while Mr. V and I continue talking for a half hour or so. It’s great to spend the evenings with someone who actually wants to hear about my day and tell me about his. Mr. V and Pumpkinhead are really hitting it off. Pumpkinhead can’t wait to see him most days and Mr. V seems to really enjoy his company, too. Both of them were super-excited to go see Transformers together today (boy bonding time).

I’m also not posting the nitty gritty details about me and Mr. V. Suffice it to say I am completely enamored. We are very much alike and I have never met someone with whom I have felt so comfortable sharing my needs, desires and dreams. He and I are able to talk frankly about most anything and he gets me on a level that no one has ever gotten me before. It’s kind of trippy because I’m used to being the one in control in a relationship and I feel seriously unsettled and bowled over by this man. In a good and happy way, but also scary because it is unknown and different. I also tend to be impatient. Ana and I have discussed this because we both have this characteristic. When I know what I want, I tend to want it NOW. When I don’t get it, I tend to overthink things. And oddly men always seem to think that women need more time, more space, whatever. Ha.

Finally, I am not blogging about certain injustices. Grr. There’s a time and place for these things. I think that the current state of the economy is bringing out the worst in a lot of people and showing their true integrity. Let’s hope that more of us can remember the Golden Rule and treat others as we would want them to treat us in life, in work and in friendship. And if that doesn’t work, here’s hoping karma kicks the nasty people in their asses.