getting warmer!!!

I am so mad at myself--not really, just minorly irritated; I had so many plans to keep up with this silly blog--to get me back into the habit of journaling--something I used to do so very consistently and now it's only every few months. I thought being an electronic media, it might be easier for me to stay up-to-date. ah well.....
There's no time even now for catch-up. Baby-girl is gone on tour again, as she will be more and more frequently as summer approaches. I get so used to seeing her daily that I quite miss her now. Even with her occasional bouts of melancholy, she's very quickly become a dear little staple in my life. But, with her gone, this means I'm way behind on work--as the owners of my job have two small children and cannot really accomplish much when they're working.
There's still lots of good in my life, SO's still around, not going on tour, so that's been lovely. We're trying to plan out stuff we want to get for the house for the warm weather that's occasionally here (god-damn tennessee weather!!!), currently it's in the 70's but not four days ago it SNOWED and HAILED all day. Yes, and this isn't even that strange of an event for a March in good ole Tennessee.
I'm excited about the warm weather--I'd love to live somewhere that's consistently above 55 degrees all year long. I love love love New York, and if I'm going to spend my life in a place that gets cold, that may be the only place where I would happily put up with such harsh weather.

Things I'm hoping to accomplish before June : furniture I'd like to paint, carpets that still need ripping up, a darkroom that needs blacking out and a table and all sorts of various patio-type furniture that is waiting for us to come along to purchase and love it.

And there's the family vacation that's coming up--unlike just about every single year of my life, we are not going to the beach for a week (very sad) but are instead taking Oma for her 80th birthday on a six day cruise around the Bahamas (which are very lovely). I'm still pretty excited about it, as a true fire sign, being around the water puts me in an extremely calm state--it's so very hard for me to feel any type of negative emotions when I'm around any water--especially ocean. Poor SO is extremely nervous and trying not to be, bless him. He never really learned how to swim and being surrounded by water is kind of freaking him out--he's also very worried that he may not be able to bring along one of his guitars (and, frankly, I'm a little worried about that one myself) if he's not able to play everyday then he gets a bit antsy, which is a really nice way of saying very grumpy.

I suppose I should get back to work, hopefully by Sunday, we should have a table and chairs for the back patio, a firepit for the yard, and some new duds/goodies from Goodwill (the last weekend of evey month is 1/2 off each item in the store, you know).

Happy Thursday!