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Monday, January 24, 2011

Stuck!

All of my kids did it. Matt did it the most, though. Probably because he's a boy and was ALL over the place. Anyone who has had a toddler will recognize this scenario. Picture: I'm in the kitchen/bedroom/bathroom doing something important/constructive. I've only been out of the sight of my toddler for 3.5 seconds. I hear a little panicked voice from another room yell, "STUCK." I run into the room and find the owner of the little panicked voice on top of a bookcase, balancing precariously on a tall stack of random items, pinned between a piece of furniture and a wall, standing tippy-toed on a kitchen counter, or in some other equally dangerous and mind-boggling predicament.
That's where I've been. Not balancing on a counter reaching for the stash of girl scout cookies hidden on the top shelf, or with my head jammmed between the bars on the stair rail, but STUCK, just the same. Our computer crashed and I was unable to blog for quite some time. Now, I'm just so far behind that I'm stuck. I should just move on from where I am now, but I can't let important things - like first days of school, Christmas, and birthdays -- pass by unnoticed. I'm hoping that just writing something will get me unstuck. Here's hoping...