Baby Nightmares
Hannah is maybe, almost, sorta, kinda, beginning to think about someday having a schedule. That is, her naps only 95% depend on my catering to her, where before they were 100% dependent on my catering to her. She’s a high-demands baby. She’s eight months old now, and I have two months of my maternity leave [...]
The Seven Swan Brothers: craft priorities and deadlines
I started making my first belly dance costume, oh, four months ago, I think. I priced a bunch on the internet, and the ones I liked were upwards of $400, and suggested a twelve week lead time because they’re made to order. I considered spending the $400, but I didn’t like the lead time — [...]
Tonight is My Last Dance Performance of the Summer
After going back and forth about wanting to and being dead-terrified to, around the end of May I finally put up my hand at a rehearsal to say that I wanted to perform this summer. I’m still oh-so-introverted. And I get nerves like you wouldn’t believe. But I wouldn’t call it stage fright. Performance days, [...]
Coming Back to Blogging
I’ve come back to blogging. When I had been at my first (diaryland!) blog for a month or so, way back in the day (2002!), it occurred to me one day to look into getting www.worldempress.com. Sadly, I discovered that I was a matter of days too late. Someone else had registered it and wanted [...]