Guys! I had no idea y'all were here! (Thank you, Giovanna, for the heads up!) This old world is a magical place, you know? I've been thinking hard about so many of you this week. Giovanna, I still have your old phone number in my cell phone, and I saw it this weekend. It made me so homesick for you! And dmx, I thought of you this week, too, and wondered how your son was doing. Wow, I just can't believe the timing on this...
I don't know how on earth to sum up my life for the past couple of years. That's asking a LOT! Ha! Many changes, of course, since Tomas died and all the kids finished growing up, but you know that old saying: The more things change, the more they stay the same. I'm still here at Red Oak Hill (my house and land, that is) and loving it more than ever. Ariel is coming home to get married in my back yard on September 4th! She and her betrothed will be here day after tomorrow! Actually, she's getting married in the treehouse that she and Tomas built together years ago, and thereby hangs a tale, but it's too long for this quick summation.
Ariel is working as an editor at LexusNexus in Bethesda, MD. She loves her job, which involves putting together collections of historical documents and writing introductions and abstracts. Laurel is married and lives nearby in Fort Worth. She just started college this year and has a 4.0 average so far. Remember when all she wanted to do is cook? Well, scratch that. Now she wants a graduate degree in counseling and intends to write a self-help book for rape victims! Hunter, meanwhile, is still at home (though probably not for long) and has become -- are you ready for this? -- a martial arts ninja-type guy. No joke. College is in his future, he says. He's just still not sure where or when, and you know me -- I don't get in a wad about these things. All in good time.
Me? Well, Bruce and I are still very much together. In fact, I finally quit fighting it, and we're officially domestic partners now. It's all going great, what can I say? I'm still trying to get back into a regular writing schedule, but Life keeps intervening. I broke my wrist all to pieces last year, and then my mom had hip surgery, and now Ariel's getting married, yada yada yada. SOON, though, I will be writing every day again.
Gosh, it's great to see some of these names again, after all this time. Can't wait to go back and read all the old posts and catch up on what you good folks have been doing with yourselves. I miss you all something fierce!
It's all going great, what can I say? I'm still trying to get back into a regular writing schedule, but Life keeps intervening. I broke my wrist all to pieces last year, and then my mom had hip surgery, and now Ariel's getting married, yada yada yada. SOON, though, I will be writing every day again.