Day 8

Today was great -- got up at 8 then did some yucky clean the house stuff then got to play in the dirt again! I planted some flowers in pots for the front porch. NOW the house looks like mine. I'm going to try to put some of my favorite sites up for anyone who wants to peruse them.

PostSecret

Igotanenvelope

Scholastic.comHarry Potter: Wizard Challenge

I Saw Your Nanny-Report Bad Nannies

Twitter

FOUND Magazine

This is my little Caleb jumping on the bed!

Day 7

Again with the Snort Sneeze Cough and talking like I've swollowed a frog. Oh well....anyway - planted pretty flowers this week. I love my house but it's BROWN all over - so ever since I've moved here I wanted to add some color -- FINALLY!!! Tiff and Heidi coming to get me and we're going to a bar for lunch! Oddly enough Backwoods Bar and Grill in Stockbridge has great food. There are a couple of people that cook and I swear it tastes like I made it at home!

Going to plant some salvia around the mailbox today and hopefully tiff will fix my rocker.

peace out homies (caleb's current favorite saying)

Day 6

I was sitting quietly at my computer snorting and sneezing (i have a awful cold) when the kids are FREAKING OUT in the living room. "MOM MOM COME SEE COME SEE!!!!" Convinced that we were being invaded I walked in and lo and behold there's a BABY BAT on our blinds. I walked back to my room, got a pillowcase, waiting for him to be still, tossed it over him, lifted him gently (while he chittered his head off) and let him go outside. You would have thought - well, i don't even know what you would have thought -- it was just mayhem and madness - and who gets the bat? The decrepit old nana (me). Hee hee -- see me the mighty bat capturerer and letter goer.

Day 5

What a lovely busy day. Kristen and I shampooed carpet (so much fun) then Kristen put the living room back together -- then my besties brought me flowers and plants so K.C. and I planted them. By the way, there is no better feeling that a lovely warm bath after being so yucky sweaty.

Day 4 1/2

KC got home fine but exhausted after his long drive in a not-so-wonderful (albiet free) vechicle. I talked to him because he looked sad, but i think he just has a jumble in his head that's driving him nuts. Made sure he knew we love him and want the best for him and support his every move. Sometimes that last one is the hardest thing a Mom can do. Basically i've realized that having adult children is great - however - you no longer mediate their life, providing instruction allong the way. When your child is older, you just don't get a vote. You can give an opinion, but :alas: no vote. That part sux. Lori

Day 4

Actually feeling pretty good for driving all day yesterday. I got home around 11:30 pm, sat on the computer and then slept like the dead. Oddly enough i woke up around 10 this morning totally rested.

CIT is pretty quiet today. Caleb is with Da-Ma and KC hasn't come home from Valdosta yet and Kristen is asleep on the couch. I should be cleaning but am such a procrastinator today.

The tension in the house has eased. Spending yesterday in the car with KC allowed us to get some things out in the open. It's so hard to think about him leaving, but it's time. He's going to move in a couple of weeks then Kristen says she's shooting for getting her own place by this time next year. I can't believe I'll be alone! It's been so long since I've lived alone that I'm looking forward to it. The children MUST visit, but to be able to keep the house clean, cook for myself only, geez, does this make me a bad parent?

Day 3

Drive, get out walk, drive get out walk repeat many many times go home stay 2 minutes get in car drive get out drive get out drive get out drive drive drive drive get out stay 10 minutes drive drive drive drive get out go in house and thank the Lord you're home. Welcome to my day.

K.C. and I spent half the day looking for him a car, no love -- then got home to phones BLOWING UP evidently everyone had been looking for us as his dad had a car for him. Drive to Valdosta to get car drive home. Ahhh and I am SO happy to be here.

He is moving back to South GA. I will miss him so much but am happy for this new phase of his life. He is 21 - it's time.

Day 2 (kindof)

Night used to be my friend. I would lay my head down on a soft pillow, close my eyes and go to sleep. Now, night and I fight on a regular basis. I miss the days of peacetime between us. The war is fought with itches, body twitches, aches and pains, stuffy noses and racing brain. On a regular basis I get one thing calmed down and another pops up. Everything gets just right and then i get hot, throw the covers off. Now I'm cold, put them back on. Left side cold, right side hot --- you get the idea. So tonight I'm pulling out all the stops - get ready, Night - here is my weapon of mass destruction. Blogging. I will blog, i will read others blogs, i will twitter and read the missives of other twitterati. Perhaps this will accomplish what ambien, darvocet and neurontin did not. sleep well. me

Day 1 1/2 - things that make me smile :)

First Day

There is so much going on at 110 CIT. But what is going on is happening underwater in the current of our daily lives. No one except the baby are being themselves and this is causing tension. It isn't that palpalable -I can touch it- tension - it's that tendon on a bowstring kindof tension that you could pluck and make everything in the near vicinity vibrate.

I believe, as a result of this twangy tension I am coming down with something. Each of my organs feel that they weigh an extra pound or two, and my legs feel like I should drag them behind me. So I will drink liquids, get some rest, play with the baby and try to stay under the tension radar. Wish me luck. Me