Daily Archive: December 28, 2003

I must have done something extraordinary in a past life or else someone up there really likes me. I’ve thought about it for a long time and I know deep down in my heart that it must be true. I’m living a charmed life. Although…I’m only approximately halfway through it, so maybe the shit is about to hit the fan. Nothing REALLY BAD has ever happened to me. I’ve lost loved ones, but not unexpectedly (except my 4-legged loved ones). I’ve never broken a bone. It’s not the kind of luck that allows me to find bills of large denominations...

After getting up at 3:30 a.m. to take my mom to the airport, and then out again to another airport at 11 to drop off John and Simone, I was completely wiped out and took a 2-hour nap this afternoon. I could sleep all day if the kids would let me. Anders took Karin to the mall to buy ice skates for her (to match the hockey helmet she got from Santa) and the house was SO QUIET. Weird. Just another way to sum up how damn busy I was in December: The number of books I read per month,...