Well, okay, then...

I suppose since my partner in crime posted, I might as well contribute, too.

I have a wonderful job as an administrative assistant for a non-profit childcare resource and referral. I'm learning the ins and outs of working for a government-funded organization that is greatly affected by who is in charge politically.

Besides that I've been writing a collection of steampunk short stories set in an alternative history Victorian England. They're the prelude to a trilogy I've mapped out, which makes it even more exciting since I know what happens next. For the first time in my life I'm actually acting like a writer. Every night I sit down with my mint tea and attempt to write 1,000 words, and at this point I've gotten 20,000 words down. Of course it isn't completely publishable, but I'm working on it, which is really what counts.

I've also decided to try to get my previous short story collection "A Part" published, though I haven't decided whether I'll self-publish through Amazon or if I'll try my luck with The Writer's Market. We'll see what happens!

Now let's see how the kiddos are doing....

Here is Odin holding onto Thor's favorite toy, Sparkle. He likes to taunt his brother.

Thor doing is best impression of a pirate.

The boys being adorable little cuddle-buddies. Immediately afterward they had wrestling match on the floor complete with fur flying. Ah, kids.

In other news, I have amazingly awesome parents. For Valentine's day they sent us both bouquets:

Gorgeous!

The parentals lounging in a Madison art museum. They came up for a lovely weekend.

THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN???

So I have failed miserably with keeping up with the blog.  I suppose I cannot just blame myself since I write half of this and Caro is supposed to write the other half, but I have missed telling everyone about my adventures. 

Since I last posted a blog, the following has happened:

- I started work as a receptionist at a technical college.  I work five evenings a week and then Saturday mornings.  This is a great place for me to get things done as most evenings are slow.  I can read and write and surf the internet.
- I still work at the coffee shop and actually became half-way decent at making drinks for people.  It's a fun fast atmosphere and I am so lucky to have awesome coworkers who keep me laughing and smiling through my shifts.
- I had my free time seriously diminished. 
- I had a wonderful holiday season with all the people I love.
- I became seriously addicted to the BBC's Sherlock.  If you aren't watching, then you should be.
- See also: Downton Abbey.  An excellent period television show that is wonderfully done and 100% enjoyable.
- Community got put on hiatus and this made me very sad.  But it will be back in March.  For those of you who have no idea what I just said, it's an excellent TV show and hands down my favorite on television.
- I did not sleep a lot.
- I bought a Kindle and reread a bunch of books.  I have also discovered that I enjoy memoirs. 
- Odin and Thor decided that they like to chew things and that is annoying.
- I have been to Ikea once, which is noteworthy.  Because I love Ikea.
- I plotted out a book.  I'm going to leave it there, because I don't like to talk about projects I'm working on until I know that they are worked out.  But so far I have written 6K words for it and that is awesome.
- I read the book that my BFF Trish has started and it's wonderful.  I can't wait for her to finish it.
- I wrote this blog post instead of working on my novel.
- The Colts had a miserable season that I'm still not over.