Random thoughts

February is a difficult month. You begin to want spring, but you know it's still distant.

I've been feeling sad for Marley a great deal recently. It's almost a year since he died. I also always think about my Aunt Colleen. It will be 10 years she's been gone. My Grandpa Baker also died in February. The only good points are my friend Holly's birthday, Ryan's birthday, and the anniversary of J.D. and I getting engaged. (I'm sorry if anything else slipped my mind right now. I'm sure there are other good points to the month). Anyway, I guess there's also the year anniversary of my ABD status, but that feels more like a slightly negative reminder right now.

On the pleasant side, we're very happy to learn that J.D. will have employment in the foreseeable future. His company is cutting jobs. They asked people to leave voluntarily last week. Approximately 250 people out of 800 left because they were scared they were going to lose their jobs anyway in this terrible economy and the walk-away package was so attractive. We decided to stay, and it was a good choice for now. Hopefully things will continue to go well. It was going to be very scary if J.D. lost his job.

I need to get myself moving. No more excuses. I only have a couple of months left and some big things are coming up soon. I need to get more work done, so I'll be able to do those important things. My sister is having her baby (girl) in June. In March Catherine and I are going to a conference. It's just time to really make myself produce something. Therefore, I may not be blogging as much for those dear friends and family members that check-in with us. I just need to focus my energy where it should go right now. I'm sure I'll still write something time-to-time.

Much love to all.