Shaking off the dust...

I am undertaking a return to the blogging world, not without purpose, but definitely without practice. Still, even with more than eight months since my last post, three or four sentences should get us all caught up.

This 2012-2013 school year, I trucked through the two semesters my professor termed “the worst” in the MSW program by completing an internship of several hundred hours while taking coursework simultaneously. I kept on dating the aforementioned gentleman described in the previous post who has proven himself to be, so far, fucking fantastic. Molly and I recently moved in with him and abide in domestic bliss* and contentment. With the move, the coursework, the internship, and potty training a two year old, I nearly burnt out, but was saved by the timely arrival of May and the end of the semester.

*Or, general functionality

And now I can focus on growth and re-engagement in my social relationships (and blogging) instead of barest sanity levels and physical survival.  I’m currently in the midst of a pretty hefty caffeine detox, going from about 8 cups per day back down to my ideal one and a half. So I found out narcolepsy is a real thing. There’s also still lots of kid pee on the floor, and “Wednesday” is missing from the days-of-the-week panties after my quick evaluation that they were past saving. But beyond that, I’m beginning to feel less strung out and more ready to tackle challenges.

Like the eight-week, ten thousand mile road trip Molly and Matt and I are taking, commencing in less than two weeks. You can read about it, and all its threats to my sanity, with regular updates, here.

In the meantime, I plan on sitting on our front porch in the afternoons, doing more of this:

Because in these moments, it is really easy to be present. Why would I want to be anywhere else?

Any suggestions for topics for series welcome! Until then, this blog will probably continue to be general mom-school-travel-relationship malarkey.