I Have Not Dropped Off the Face of the Earth ~ by Jay

Not that you could tell from this blog.

Life is full and life is good, but life isn't offering me much time to write at the moment. I'm not as overloaded as I was when I wrote this, but the only way I can preserve adequate sleep and time with Eve is to skip blogging - and reading blogs. At the moment I have 1000+ unread posts in my Google reader. I have actually had unread mail in my inbox for a week at a time, which is unheard of for me. At one point, I was three weeks behind on the NYT puzzle. That's all OK, but I need to figure out how to make this sustainable if I'm going to continue.

I'm also pondering how I write about Eve as we sit on the cusp of puberty. Most of my posts about her have been taken directly from life, and the conversations that we're having now are more complex and private. She shuts the door and says "don't let Daddy come in, Mommy. This is girl stuff". I want to honor that closed door, but I also know it would be helpful to me to think and write about the issues that are surfacing as we talk.

So don't take us off your RSS feed. I'll figure this out, and I'll be back with some sort of regular posting schedule, but probably not until after June 12th. That's when Sam and I celebrate our 25th anniversary and upcoming 50th birthdays with a big party. I said I wanted a weekend that was as much fun as our wedding, and that's what we've planned - all our favorite people, all in one place, for dancing and food and conversation and joy. I can't wait.

Now you'll excuse me as I return to cleaning out the dining room closet. Eve is washing the outside furniture and Sam is weeding the back garden. Later we'll rinse the dust off at the pool and somewhere along the line I'll listen to the Yankee game. Life is full and life is good, and I wish the same to all of you.