3 Posts in One!

I am sooooo sorry! I hadn't realized that it had been almost TWO WEEKS since my last posting. UGH! What is this world coming to when I, of all people, don't have time to blog?? Well, I'll tell ya! It's been a busy life lately. Here's some of what's been going on...

Most of you now know about my "brother" who is now not my brother. (I won't go into any more details about that here though.) What you may not have known about me is that I have 2 other half-brothers and one half-sister (naturally born that way). My sister found Alex online and they began talking. So, I tracked down one of my brothers. OMG. I haven't seen them in over 15 years! I'm so EXCITED!! I talked to my brother tonight, after playing phone tag between last night and today. We are discussing a week visit in a few months. I can't wait!!

Now, I know I'm not a big fanatic of close family ties, but I do want to know my family! I am happy that they seem to be doing well and I want to stay up all night talking about EVERYTHING with them!! Happy day today. :) Oh, here's a pic!

Aren't they GORGEOUS? Of course, they are! LOL.

Ok, next topic. My roommate moves in next weekend. It's going to be a new experience. I'm still nervous, but I'm sure I'm just worrying for nothing. In fact, it's not even a "worry" kind of thing. It's just "not knowing". I'm sure it'll all be fine.

And finally, Alex. Boy, did we have a doosey of a discussion. I'm not one who yells and screams. When I get mad, especially really REALLY mad, I take on a soft, calm, authoritive tone. I reserve this tone for special people. BUT! I did raise my voice, almost to a yell, more than authoritive, but rather DEMANDINGness in my speech when my baby girl dared to try to challenge me and my decision. Oh, buddy! I will not go into the exact detail of this conversation, but let me just say that when I say "don't piss me off", I freaking mean it!

I can count on one hand the number of times that I've had to use this tone with my sweet precious baby girl. It has not been many at all. She deserved a good butt-whippin, and I gave it to her.... verbally. Can you believe that all is well in our home again? All it took was a little reminder that, although I love her and want her to experience life as it comes at her, I am still the MOTHER of her.

What else can I tell you? Ah, the novel. No, it has not taken on a life of it's own. In fact, at the moment, it seems to be comotose. Sad day! I really REALLY need to get off my butt and get it done. I do! I have been attracting more and more fans (surprisingly) over the internet and they are all in search of more of my work. This is both good and bad. I've become lazy with my writing and I just need to get on it!! Sometimes I wish for the days when I could do nothing but sit with a notebook and write everything down. Ahhh, those were the days. Now that I am becoming more and more in demand, I am feeling some pressure. I'm not going to fight it off though. I believe that I am good at what I do and therefore should do it.

So, that's some of what has been going on in my world. I'll try to keep you more up to date on the sibling situation. Did I mention how excited I am?!

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