Thursday Morning

It isn’t even 8 am and I am writing a blog. Tina’s house has a strange effect on my hours. Never fear I sense I will be napping in just a little bit. Once again this morning I don’t have a cohesive topic to write about. This isn’t going to be one of those great insightful blogs. This is one of those “I committed to write 500 words three days a week so I am going to do it whether it is good or not blogs.”

I am at Tina’s for awhile while her David is going to some classes for his job. I am having a blast. We aren’t doing anything super exciting or even mildly exciting, I just love being a part of this family. Little things like Tina telling Sammie she needs to not tear up the lining around her air conditioner or the bugs will come in at night and crawl all over her at night and then telling Sammie bugs are good but they need to be outside. Sammie is now wandering around saying “bugs are good but they need to stay outside.” Not only is it funny and cute but it also assures me that Sammie is going to be very hard to scar.

Caius is on the floor playing with a toy AT-AT. It gives me hope that I will be lucky enough to have both of my nephews be Star Wars geeks. I have some pretty awesome nieces and nephews as it is, but that would just be flipping epic. My only hope of being the super cool Tia when they get older is if they are both a bit geeky. I can relate and encourage geeky.

I am at one full week of writing with Kathleen. I am so pleased with how it is going. I am about three-quarters of the way done with my massively obnoxious summary outline and I have some research to do, then I will be ready to start writing my first draft. I am beginning to doubt the wisdom of setting the book in Baton Rouge since it has been so long since I have been there. I think I will be begging my Facebook friends to help me with tidbits to make the book feel more realistic in the setting.

Sammie just told me she really cares about me very much and I told her I love her very very very much and she replies “I know because I have a bandage on my albow.” Caius is angry because we are eating without him so he put the side of his face on the floor and scooting along the floor while screaming. I don’t know why it is so entertaining but it just is. Now Sammie is singing “Twinkle Star.”

Seth and Grace are the same way. Grace is a little spitfire whom lives in her own little world. She shows us glimpses of what it is like in there and it is amazing. Seth is my boy. He and I play hard but what I really cherish when he tells me stories or shows me his different Lego stuff.  I love how serious he is and how thoroughly he thinks things through.

I love my kids.