I haven’t been posting, and I haven’t been dong my laundry, knitting complicated lace, going to pilates, or re-tiling the bathroom floor, all of which are on the list of things to do. I also haven’t been writing my “autobiography” for the adoption agency, which is what I’m really supposed to be doing. I started, but I got stuck on one question and just chickened out. So instead I’ve spent the last week very preoccupied with the delicate balance of power between President Laura Roslin of the 12 Colonies and Commander Adama of the Battlestar Galactica.  Beware of Cylons!

No more tv until the homework is done!

8. What aspects of childrearing are important to you?

I didn’t want to write “all of them,” but I wasn’t sure how to answer this question. It’s like I’ve had a little “imaginary friend” for the last three years – when I’m driving alone, there’s an invisible kid in the back seat. Sometimes it’s a boy and sometimes it’s a girl; sometimes a toddler, sometimes a teenager. He hides behind trees on days I walk to work; she’s just ducked into the cereal isle in the grocery store. I get jealous every morning when I see people walking their kids to school, and I catch myself staring. The highlights of my week are the hugs I get from Emily (my little neighbor). Monday when I picked her up from school, she and her friend were bickering over something in the car and I just started laughing. Sometimes I think I love that girl most when she’s being obnoxious.