Sitting Still: friday brain dump

Bullets are for the busy. (Ok, you say lazy, I say busy. I'm right, you know.) There are actually a billion things going on for me -- big and small -- so let's just see if you can hang with the summary.

Work: I started a new job this week, back in my field of graduate training. It'll settle into one day a week in mid-August, but right now I am in the midst of a panicked flurry of training and orientation.
- Things that rock about my new gig -- awesome coworkers, using a part of my brain that needed some exercise, not having to wipe anybody's bum, free Post-It notes, a copy machine that will scan and e-mail a PDF (OMG. orgasmic, almost), a commute long enough to make an uninterrupted personal call without child noise in the background, helping people in anxious circumstances, finding a whole wardrobe that now fits again.
- Things that suck about my new gig -- pumping (sucks! ha!), missing my kids, and pantyhose.
Writing: I am feeling WAY out my league now that it's reality, but I have an article published about The Soccer Mom Vote in the August issue of Redbook. They've featured a number of awesome bloggers for this piece, and it is an honor for us to be there with them. I have always felt like credit for The Soccer Mom Vote should go to all those who contribute (past and present) and comment, so if you are in that category -- thank you! I'm also still plugging away at Being Savvy Charleston. I write posts there 5 days a week, which is why I've been scarce here.
Traveling: We took an impromptu trip to Asheville, NC for the Fourth of July weekend and had a fabulous time. We stayed with our friends Angela and Robert at the Sweet Biscuit Inn, and they helped us hire a babysitter from the neighborhood to get a date night while we were there. It was AWESOME. Last week, pretty much on a whim, I decided to take the kids north to visit friends in Raleigh and visit Debunot along the way. Lots of summer vacation fun. Also? Mothereffin' exhausting. We are done for now, until a trip to Michigan in September.
Kids: are good.
- Claire is long and lean and tan, despite the fact that we liberally apply sunscreen all the damn time. She can add single digits in her head and it is kind of freaking me out. Preschool starts in September and she is so ready to go every morning. I predict the school year to be an explosion in letter obsession and pre-reading skills. She's also started drawing random objects that actually look like what she says they are. A pumpkin, for example, was an orange circle with curved vertical stripes and a stem. Amazing.
- Gage is almost seven months old and has two bottom teeth he isn't afraid to use (on my nipple) and grabs at everything, namely hair and glasses and expensive necklaces on strangers. He can sit up and reach for toys for short periods, though he usually ends up toppling forward and ending up on his tummy, at which point he looks at me pitifully because for some reason he is not convinced that he can roll himself over even though he definitely can. Still rocking the chubby thighs and belly rolls, which jiggle when he laughs. Awesome.
Workouts: have been neglected last week with the travel and working, but I got back on track today with the treadmill. I'm shooting for a 5K here in October. I may not run it all, but I successfully covered 3.25 miles today with a run/walk mix in about 40 minutes, and I've got 10 or so weeks to improve on that. My friend Amy passed a double jogging stroller to me while I was visiting her in Raleigh, and so it is at least theoretically possible to run with the children in the stroller. I haven't tried it yet but am thinking that the treadmill doesn't make me stop to feed it snacks and might just be the easier way to go for now.
General assessment: Exhilarated and exhausted at the same time. Suffering from sleep deprivation and BlogHer envy. In need of cute new work shoes. Behind on laundry. In other words, the usual ;)

How are you?

Comments

I'm a tech writer, so I love bullets...and you used them expertly I might add!

Way to go on the treadmill/stroller plans!

Your inn name is just the cutest--Sweet Biscuit...I guess only a southerner would truly appreciate that!

Posted by: Steph. | July 26, 2008 at 01:56 AM

I'm thinking of starting a political movement wherein bulletpoints are elevated in status equal with the exclamation point or at least, the comma.

I pink puffy heart bulletpoints. Which you should know since you read ALL MY POSTS from the comfort of your Google Reader, incognito, and never comment, except when I call your ass out. HA!!! :)

Posted by: Sunshine | July 26, 2008 at 09:12 AM