Following Edge

Anne Marie and "Grandma Bonnie" and I enjoy the pleasant arrangement of having vaguely equal shares of my daughter Lauren's time. She is really a great communicator, wonderful and engaging to be with, and very loving, so spending time with her is usually something I look forward to. However, she is also intelligent, stubborn and precocious in a way that make me happy to have breaks to become immersed in my work and in home or farm projects. I have especially noticed recently, as she has turned 4, that she is concentrating especially hard on being helpful and cooperative, but compensates by having a frustrating shouting-and-screaming episode for a few minutes exactly once a day.

Grandma Bonnie spent a couple of her usual "Lauren days" in each of the last couple of weeks working and vacationing in Palm Springs. (Poor Grandma!) It has made for some longer stretches without the breaks I appreciate. Not extremely difficult (after all, some single parents get very few breaks at all), but I am feeling a great sense of anticipation for Lauren being with Grandma Bonnie part of the next two days.

Especially with feeling my monthly "thyroid fatigue", and my recent frenzied work project, and my increasing involvement in very interesting programming work with Keith, I imagine myself taking a break and lounging around drinking margaritas. Of course, my weekend will probably actually involve intense programming work and home projects, but perhaps a margarita will be nearby.