Happy Flu Year!

The flu has hit our house. The girls have been hit especially hard. Joel and I feel yucky but haven't been hit with high fevers yet so we may just be fighting something else. Who knows? Thomas is fine so far, and we are hoping he stays that way.

01/02/2013: PotD

Posted a day late, but this is Rosie's first time in her new high chair. She was super happy, despite the fact that she was running a high fever. Today she has not been so happy. I took her to the doctor and she has the flu. Poor kiddo.

01/01/13: Photo of the Day

I rang in the new year with Joel, Rosie, and my parents. Rosie woke up just a few minutes before the countdown. She was awake and quite talkative for a good bit of time right around when the ball dropped.

I'll have to get a photo of the bigger kids tomorrow. They stayed with Nana and Granddaddy (Joel's parents) New Year's Eve and most of New Year's Day so Joel and I could go out for our anniversary. (We went to see The Hobbit on NYE and Les Miserables on NYD. My parents kept Rosie just during the hours we were out.)

Hello 2013!

Welcome to 2013! Like we did at the beginning of 2012, the Daniel family is already anticipating exciting things for the year ahead.

Like last year, the first half of the year will be spent actively waiting. Last year we were waiting for the birth of Rosanna. This year we are waiting for Joel to graduate in May and find either a residency or job. He has already started the process of applying for residencies and jobs. Some of them are here in Middle TN while others are out of the area. Not knowing where our family will be in six months can be stressful, but for now there is nothing I can really do but wait and trust that all will be okay. Oh, and I can read over Joel's letters of intent to make sure what is he says makes sense.

I have a bunch of goals running through my head for the year ahead. For now I am only going to set one goal which is to paint thirteen paintings in 2013. I had a few opportunities to paint in 2012, and doing so made me feel more centered and less crazy. This year I want to intentionally make time to paint about once a month.

Here is what I painted in 2012:

I'm aliiiive! (But my computer is not.)

Yes, I'm still alive! However, my computer died right before Rosie was born. Joel's laptop died shortly before that, too. We just now replaced Joel's laptop. He really needs one for his clinical rotations for his last year of pharmacy school. My computer has still not been replaced and may not be until next year after Joel graduates.

Today I'm using Joel's laptop, but I don't expect to be on here much. I do have online access via my phone. It's just not the ideal way to blog. If you'd like to keep up with what I'm doing, you can follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Flickr. My screenname for all of them is kmaritza. (It's also my screenname for Words with Friends, Scramble with Friends, and Draw Something, if you happen to play any of those games.)

1 week old

1 week old, a photo by KMaritza on Flickr.

Rosanna Joan was born one week ago. She and I are doing well. I will try to post her birth story soon.

Contractions and Apostrophes

<p>Have you ever noticed how many contractions are formed by using an apostrophe to shorten the word "not"? It seems like my life has been filled with contractions ending in nots. </p>
<p>It isn't time yet.<br>
These aren't continuing.<br>
Don't go to the hospital.<br>
It won't be worth your time.<br>
The baby hasn't finished cooking.</p>
<p>While all of these episodes of not-contractions are incredibly frustrating, I know they will eventually lead to contractions where the apostrophes stand for "is".</p>

It's time!
Let's go!
She's here!

For now I am anxiously awaiting the change from NOT to IS. Hopefully it will happen sooner than later. I am ready.