Happy

I know it’s been ages since I’ve been here. I miss all of you but I’ve been crazy busy. For some reason, I thought when you retired, you had endless days of lounging around, reading all those books I’ve been collecting, waiting for oddles of time to just read and read and read. But apparently, I was wrong. I’m constantly busy with rarely a day of blissful nothingness.
But I’m not complaining………well, maybe a little bit. I have a feeling that if I did have days and days of nothing to do, I’d be complaining of being bored.

So here’s the main reason I’m writing this.

I’m going to be a grandma in August!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, the light of my life is pregnant. This was discovered when we (Terry, myself, daughter and her husband) all went to New Orleans in December. I was forbidden to tell anyone until I was given the ok by them due to the fact that now you can find out if you’re pregnant by an hour, or so it seems.
Don’t tell my daughter or son in law, but I cheated and told a couple of close friends and family. So sue me. I’m bursting with joy.
How very fortunate that we were all together when they discovered this.

Saw yesterday’s sonogram and there’s a little tiny hand, saying hi.
I knew I’d be delighted when this would happen but I never would have guessed the huge extent of the reaction I’m having to it. I can be rather cool and blaze about so many things and I thought this would be one of them. Wrong.
Seeing that tiny hand made my tummy lurch and clench (in a very good way.) Surprised the heck out of me.

There’s a change in my daughter’s attitude/personality. My sometimes scatter-brained, goofy child appears to have this mature, happy personna. A new confidence and acceptance of a new chapter of life is evident. Lordy, but it does a mom’s heart good to see/hear all this.
My wonderful son in law has turned to total mush, being so excited to be a dad.

They are now looking for a place to move to that’s close to us, finally giving up the edgy urban young adult life in Hollywood that they loved but now want a “neighborhood.” This will be wonderful because we don’t see enough of each other. Hollywood isn’t that far but takes forever to commute, due to the awful traffic, and it does nothing to improve one’s mood after avoiding numerous accidents and incredibly stupid drivers, just traveling there.

Life can be so hard at times but I’m so grateful to be in such a happy place right now.

Oh, and here’s our last Christmas card, showing the best dogs in the world. Yes, I know. One dog is showing her backside instead of her pretty face. It was not easy to get all 3 to even stay in one place so we just settled for 2 faces and 1 rear end.