ladykatza

This past week was my short work week, so I had four days off. Wednesday night I went to Kip and Jen’s, but they had left for some Ohio convention early and it was just Ben. Considering I was already in a dark mood, I felt slighted. But it was just me. It also didn’t help that the antibiotics I was put on seem to give me a headache.

Thursday I canceled company plans and had a night in. A good bit of that was spent with daecon. :D Yes, it was some much needed us time. Friday we finally got to visit with D.J. and Rhonda and see there boy, who had a rather traumatic entrance to life. He is doing very well. A strong and strapping young lad. Rhonda was definitely looking a bit stressed out. I told her to not be afraid to call me or visit because support networks are key.

Saturday I iron-manned it. I didn’t get to sleep that night and instead of canceling our visits that day, I went about in a dazed sort of manner. This also meant that I spend a day in the sunshine. The world is so bright when you’ve seen only night time for so long. Simon and Felicity were with us to see Eddie’s twin girls. And then we met up with a friend whom I hadn’t seen in 2 and a half years. She had gotten divorced, remarried, and had twins in that time.

In my circle of friends and acquaintances, daecon and i were one of the first to have children. We lost touch with a great number of people because our inability to go out and just the fact that we had children kept them away. Now that so many are having children of their own I find that I’m being reached out to for advice, but mostly just a sympathetic ear. This is an odd turn of events for me, but I like it.

Meeting back up with Janel has been great too, because she has a similar mix of techie/geek/hippie as myself. We started discussing the amount of sunlight that she has in her backyard and I offered up some seeds from last years attempt at a garden. I also offered my help, since she is very close now. I felt they were greeted with a good bit of enthusiasm. Of course, its also made me start pondering what to plant in my front flower beds this year.

All in all it was a very lovely weekend, though I’m still tired from staying awake so long on Saturday. So, I will be heading to bed now.