Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Hello? Are You There?

Okay, so it has been roughly two years since I last posted on this blog, give or take a month or two. But, hey. What's a month or two among friends? So, to get the balg (a new word I have just coined- "blog ball") rolling I am going to follow my husband's lead and write a gratitude list. It is kind of an easy transition back into the world of blogging.

So, on this, the 4th day of January in the two thousand and eleventh year of our Lord (again, give or take a month or two-or decade), I am thankful for the following top ten things.

1) That my good ole dad is still alive and kicking. He has been fighting the good fight since the spring of 2007 and, as far as I am concerned, cancer can keep on sucking it!

2) My daughter. Even though this morning while brushing her teeth she told me, "No! Get away from me, Mama", she still totally rocks my socks off. Even the big heavy socks one wears in the Arctic Circle. She is just that cool.

3) My husband. He puts up with a lot of shit, but he's still here and that's saying something.

4) My mom. I mean, she's taking my NYC in a few weeks to see James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave in Driving Miss Daisy on Broadway. Plus, she cleans the kitchen.

5) My friends. Being in Atlanta rocks the cazbah hard core.

6) Baby monitors. Otherwise how would I be able to surreptitiously hear Katie singing and talking to "her guys" and reading her books pre- and post-sleep.

7) Tequila. No explanation needed.

8) Bradley Cooper. (Hold on. Let me wipe up this spot of drool on my chin.)

9) Endings. As in, my graduate program will be ending in 4 months. I love me some school, but this thing has just been absurd.

10) After Christmas sales. Today I purchased a sweater originally priced $109 for $15. Yeah, you read that right. An 86% markdown.

So, I hope this post has whet your appetite for more scintillating posts. And maybe, just maybe, I will write again before 2012.