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In Transition
Yesterday was our anniversary. Thank you to all who wished us the best both here and elsewhere.
But once the day passed, life resumed as normal – and the business trip joy kicked in. The above photo was taken at 6 something, just after dropping my husband off for a trip to Tokyo for business. Today will be filled with lots of crossing fingers and hoping that they`ll let him make it home tonight and that he won`t be stuck there for days.
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This week, on the 24th, is my 9th wedding anniversary. We`ll finally be hopping into our 10th year of marriage. It`s already been 10 years since we first met.
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2010 has made me give a lot of things thought.
Inevitably – “Where I am” versus “Where I wanted to be” versus “Where I want to be”.
How many people actually still check here? I imagine 99% of the readers I had before have either moved on… Or are not particularly interested in things other than Motoki.
If anyone is still around – please, comment so I know I`m not just speaking to close to thin air.
If virtually no one is around, I suppose I`ll have to look into contacting people to let them know I`m still alive and have started blogging again.
And here we are to delve into the mundane.
I said I didn`t particularly want to delve into the pointless when it came to Motoki – but the rest of my life is open.
Most recently, we have moved Motoki into his own room. That is material for another post of it`s own… But the move sparked a number of small household improvements outside of that corner of the house. I suppose making a room into a bedroom sort of puts you in the mood to do all those little improvement projects that build up over the years.
Today, we tackled the laundry room curtains.
Here is another children`s song.
Motoki is 5 now. He`s still very small compared to his peers, but eventually did start talking. Once in kindergarten for about 3 months the first words began to squeeze their way out. Things built gradually from there, and now he talks quite a lot… But of course, not at age level. On his most recent developmental test, he scored around 73… Just below the 75 line for mental retardation. So he still carries a card and is eligible for services. Whether he will go further than this in terms of IQ – we do not know. Most likely he will remain “borderline”.
If he stays as small as he is compared to his peers, we may just be able to get through the rest of the time until adulthood (or rather, until age starts showing) with people just thinking he is younger than he really is. At this point there are no abnormal behaviors – nothing other than being younger in development than reality.
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I was never one for the mommy blog stint. I am not a sappy sentimental mother.
I think that is the main reason that I sort of dropped out of blogging. Back when we had medical issues at every turn, back when it was something amazing to just be able to say my son was alive… That`s when there were things to post about. But after a certain point – while I can`t say things reached perfect – there really wasn`t anything to post about on a daily basis. Or even a weekly basis. Sometimes not even on a monthly basis. At least, not if I didn`t want to delve into the mundane.
But I still like to write. Just not doting motherly things – that simply isn`t who I am.
So finally, finally, after a year of procrastination filled with lots of time consuming events… I have gotten around to freeing myself from the confines of a blog named after my son. Hopefully things will me much more fun this way.
For mild amusement…