remember moi?

Yikes--has it really been almost a month and a half since I posted anything? I don't have any significant reason--just a combination of working overtime, various illnesses (colds and an ear infection for Griffin, colds and strep throat for me), fatigue, and a renewed commitment to put my family first, which means assigning lower priority to activities like blogging. And then inertia kicks in, and I'm embarassed about not having kept up with reading and commenting on the blogs I used to read regularly (and not replying to the emails that readers have sent), and it's easier just to say "I'll work on the emails and the research and the reading and the writing when I have a nice long stretch of time to get caught up and be thorough and enjoy it."

Then I remember that I have an eight-month-old baby, which means that I won't have a "nice long stretch of time" for quite a while, unless I stay up late at night, which I've promised myself to stop doing. (I'm currently breaking that promise.)

But all is well chez nous, and I finally have new ideas that I want to write about and new materials that I want to share. And as soon as Griffin and I return next week from a trip to Indiana to celebrate my grandmother's 94th birthday, I'll be ready to spend some more time in the blogosphere. Thanks for your patience. See y'all soon!