Hello Again

I know it's been a terribly long time since I last blogged. Blame it on the women's fiction manuscript I'm writing, the fact that I'm inexplicably incapable of saying "no" to any and all volunteer opportunities, or that my children are home for summer vacation. Either way, this is my first post in a month. Just a few things, in case you've forgotten me...

• I still have Celiac Disease. Huge bummer, right? I'd hoped that, in the past month, a fantastic vaccine would've been developed that would make my small intestines capable of ingesting gluten.


• Despite years of protesting, my children continue to grow up. I've asked them repeatedly to stay little kids, but it's just not working. Every day I wake up and cannot believe that next fall I'll have a fifth grader, a fourth grader, and a little one starting her final year of preschool. Whoever penned the cliche, "they grow up too fast" really knew what she was talking about.


• I'm still the worst military wife I know. It's not that I don't support my husband and his career, but just that I wish his job didn't take him away from us so often. Also, I don't speak in acronyms, and realistically, he should have seen that red flag waving when he met me.


• When I'm not raising my children, I'm writing. After I finish writing, I run our household with the precision of a really stressed out administrative assistant. I can dust a desk, vacuum a carpet, wash the dishes, fry an egg, and "like" a friend's family photo all in one hundred and twenty seconds.


• Still not a fan of reality television, but with that said, I totally know who won The Voice.