Around The Block

The last week has been wrought with procrastination; this might also be called writer's block. While loads seems to be going on in my life on a day-to-day basis, none of it seems worthy of updating into the blogosphere, hence my weeklong hiatus. It's funny because I get so many really-great-ideas! during the course of the week, and think that I know exactly what my next blog post will be. But I don't carry around a pad to write my thoughts down, so inevitably, I always forget my great blog ideas and am at a lost for what to write when next I'm behind the keyboard. I hate that. Especially thinking about all of the really great stories and post ideas that have fallen into the abyss that is my forgetfulness, never to be read by anyone.

But, as I said, there is a lot going on. First, there was Thanksgiving. We had a really nice dinner with our friends Sarah and Max (and Sarah's mum) here in Lansing. I spent the previous night cooking and baking--pumpkin tarts, dressing and an eggplant-caper salad. Thanksgiving morning I woke up early to bake a cranberry bread, a soda bread and roasted rosemary potatoes. I was exhausted by the end of food preparation, but it was totally worth it when we made it to Sarah and Max's and sat down to dinner. They were extremely sweet and took care to make dairy-free food options for me, because of my near-vegan diet of late. Bryony (I think) had a nice time; she kept reaching otu to grab all the food, so I think she's pretty close to her big introduction to solid foods! *sigh*

We got a cat habitat for Greg House this weekend and the poor guy nearly had a kittygasm. I couldn't believe the way he flipped for the hanging toys, the scratching post and the different levels to play on. We totally should have gotten this for him a long time ago; maybe he would have given the furniture a bit of a reprieve from the scratching.

The latest and greatest no-news is that we are currently waiting to see if Adam gets orders to Virginia for two weeks in December. The Army indicated that he had been selected to work a detail in Roslyn, VA, which would be great because Bryony and I could accompany and visit my family during that time. However, in typical Army fashion, since the initial offer, the orders for this detail have been changed, postponed and put on hiatus several times, leaving us wondering if we will be going at all. Since we had not planned to travel east for the holidays, we were excited by the idea of unexpectedly getting to see family during the holiday season after all; now, it's just been one disappointment after the next, with the D.C.-area family (and even the NYC family, as we had hoped to take a trip there, too, since we'd be on the east coast) wondering if indeed we'll be in town. What a cluster.

But, since the cosmos always keep the world in balance, we know that there is never just chaos and disorder without some sense of harmony and peace. In my case, in the presence of frustration and aggravation (Army stuff) there is also humor and laughter. My good friend Noi sent me this graphic tonight and I am so in love with it that I just had to share. Hope it brings a smile to your day as it did mine. Thanks, Noi, for lifting my spirits!