Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Singing in the Rain

It is difficult to find inspiration in the rain. Unless you are sad, and I'm not. So the rain is a pretty good excuse for not posting anything the last few days. As for the last few months, well, I just don't know. It's not really the three kids that keep me busy. It's the two dogs, the fish tank, the tree frog, the laundry, the cleaning, the cooking, the drinking. Seriously, if all it took to be a good stay-at-home parent was sitting around playing with kids then everyone would be doing it. And they'd all be great at it. For me, I'm doing all right and so are the kids and the wife and the pets. The only thing that has suffered is this garden.

I don't usually get to watch TV during the day. But Mo and Hank are taking a nice, long, rainy-day nap. So I just gave the Big O a bottle and watched a little bit of Forrest Gump. Yeah, I've seen it a million times but it's still good. Funny and thought provoking. Supposedly the book is better but I don't mind the movie. It's usually true that books are better and rarely will an exception be found. One of my favorite books, The Hotel New Hampshire, was made into a horrible movie. It starred Rob Lowe, Jodi Foster and Beau Bridges but it was still awful. Read the book.

Of course that is also something I have not done much of - read. I started Fool by Christopher Moore a month ago and have not gotten very far. I can sneek a few pages during gymnastics or dance class but otherwise don't have much time. So apparently it has not just been my writing that has taken a backseat to life.

But that's okay. Life is still good. Great really. And now that there are dandelions growing in the front yard maybe this garden will grow a little bit too.

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