Get even. Osama bin Laden meets his match - or at least the virtual version does - in lots of interesting ways...
Posted 4:01 PM by Kerry O.

Forces are moving, at last. Of course, I keep hoping they'll wait until the 16th - I want my mom to come home first. :-( I guess I just need to have faith, and be patient. Joe left for the bachelor party this morning, so that has me even more on edge. A girl here at work was innocently mentioning that she cancelled her participation in a trip to Vegas this weekend because of gut instinct - she was/is afraid something is going to happen in Vegas or to the Hoover Dam (the latter of which keeps southern Arizona - including Phoenix - from being a large desert lake).

Great. Just the support I needed today.

We're going out for happy hour. I need a drink.
Posted 2:31 PM by Kerry O.

Yippee!!! I just found out that a good friend of mine is having a beautiful baby girl! Congratulations April! I know she'll be beautiful.

Now, if we can just figure out what Season's having.........

All these babies are making the baby-waiting hard. At least we'll have the baby puppy soon. That will be fun.
Posted 8:19 PM by Kerry O.

It's such a civilized period in history. I dropped my mother off this morning for her flight to Britain (and managed to not have a heart attack in the process), and I can track her flight status. Fortunately, her flight to Charlotte was pretty much on time, and she just left, early, for London Gatwick. I'll rest easier when she's landed, but not fully until she's back.
Posted 5:34 PM by Kerry O.

Ahhhhh... Yoga is gooooood...

I'm feeling more "in tune" with myself today, and I'm also literally feeling more muscles than I knew I had. Last night was *wonderful* and I'm definitely going to be doing this from now on. I feel so much better, and I know I will only continue to feel better, healthier, more relaxed. It'll be fabulous one day, when I'm pregnant too. I can tell that much.

Chris comes home tonight! Yay. I actually missed him - but don't tell him that!
Posted 5:02 PM by Kerry O.

You know, I feel like I need to say thanks today. I was re-reading some older posts, initial reactions to the 9/11 events, when it dawned on me that - for me - the healing has already begun. I don't get that same sharp pain in my gut anymore. I don't wake up in a cold sweat, imagining leaping from the 100th floor of the WTC. The daily things still persist; I still worry about the world's future, about possible terrorist attacks, I still smile when I see someone with a flag on their car. But the raw, scared, angry pain is dulled. A little part of me is kind of sorry, because I feel like that is a pain we will never - and should never - fully forget. But most of me is thankful that my normal life is coming back to me. I really thought I was going to have to see a shrink for a while there. No joke.
Posted 1:24 PM by Kerry O.

I'm very excited. I keep figuring out more gifts to give my loved ones for the holidays. Chris and Joe are going to be happy. Don't worry, they don't read my blog so they'll never know. :-)

But I'm so behind on so many other things. I have probably 2 dozen ornaments to make still (I've only made one) for family and online friends, plus getting ready for the bridal shower at my house in less than 2 weeks, and birthdays and weddings and anniversaries and and and... Holidays always get overwhelming for me. I guess that's life!

On the upside, my dad/stepmother's dog just had her puppies! She's got 6 girls and 2 boys, and I have let Joe talk me into a girl. So in a couple of months, a little baby girl Scottie dog will be calling our house home. Yay!

Yoga tonight. Good. I need some centering.
Posted 12:32 PM by Kerry O.

So, how can I not be nervous with my mom going to Britain on Thursday for 10 days, and my husband in Vegas for a bachelor party all weekend? Thank God my brother will be back on Wednesday, and I will rely on him to keep me sane while they're gone. On Saturday, my work is having a volunteer day (I'm helping with some landscaping, etc. for an underprivileged family) and then my girlfriend and I are going in for manicures and pedicures. That should help some!

But my mom being on foreign soil is source of major concern for me. She's not really worried, but I can't say I feel the same. I'll probably take up smoking again. Hopefully not, but it's still going to be a very difficult 10 days.
Posted 11:53 AM by Kerry O.