No Idea If There's Something Else I Wanted to Say Right Now

Mom and Dad are in Asia right now.  It really doesn't faze Liam at all because for as long as he can remember they've made a trip like this every year.  And Skype connections are often better when they are there than when they are at "home."

Combined, though with some of the blogging I've been doing and some of what I've been reading lately (and maybe the fact that I've had a couple of long days and bad sleeping nights in a row) their leaving reminds me of some of the saddest and loneliest times in my life.  I really don't need to go there mentally or emotionally right now.  Some things change in life, but some don't.  It's possible to have lots more connections and support and control in my life but still never ever have enough.  In fact, I think that part of being a parent - maybe just part of being human - is never having enough.  The parent part I guess is that it's not just not enough for me, but for two or three other people in my life too.

Devin is asleep in his car seat right now.  He fell asleep on the way to drop Liam off at school and I didn't get him out because he tends to wake up and no matter how briefly he slept he's done napping for another couple of hours.  He missed his morning nap, so if he doesn't get some kind of decent sleep now I fear he'll be extra grouchy later.  I think his teeth are bothering him or something because he's been sleeping worse than usual for a few nights.  Oh, did I mention I should be taking him in for vaccines again about now.  Yippee.

I should go lay down and try to sleep while he is, but I'm not used to having him sleep somewhere else and it's hard for me to sleep when I figure I'll probably just get woken up at any moment.  Which actually is how all my sleeping is done lately.  I also almost  never get to do anything without shooting part of my attention off in some other direction, so staying awake has it's attractions.

I've been blogging madly on my other blog.  Maybe I'm trying to escape or maybe I need a creative outlet.  Whatever.  If you stumbled on this one by doing some Google search and find that it's just a string of "what's happening in my life right now" posts you might want to check out that one which is a string of "what I'm thinking about right now" and "what I think other people might be interested in" and "what occurred to me to write about today" posts.  This is why I didn't pursue a career in marketing.  Too honest.

Liam got all the valentines done and will have his class party this afternoon.  I expect him to come home loaded down with even more candy and junk food.  Some of what he brought home from the Christmas party is literally collecting dust on the jumbled up cluttered end of the kitchen table.  Funny how it seems like we are simultaneously becoming more conscious of the health implications of food and more prone to bury kids in mountains of candy for any holiday that comes around. 

So yeah.  I have a very hard time "staying on track" (as we're always trying to get Liam to do) when I'm not fighting to pay attention to two or three tasks at the same time.  No idea if there's something else I wanted to say right now.