In Search of Myself

Hmmm

My right eye is watering, to the point of tears running down at random intervals.  My left eye, however, is dry.  Does this mean that the left side of my brain is sad?

Nashville Zoo

Jake is 5 and a half, and had never been to the Nashville Zoo.  (We've been to the Indiana Zoo twice.  Gotta say . . . Nashville's got nothing on Indy in this instance.)  Priscilla and I have been wanting to take the kids, but it was just never a good time.  We decided that Saturday should be a nice day, before the weather got too hot, and maybe it wouldn't be too crowded . . . well, it was a little chilly (better than hot!) and turns out it was kids get in free day, which helped with the cost but not with the crowd.

they really thought that they'd somehow navigate our way by looking at those maps

dude, the giraffes . . .

Aowyn takes issue with the way the animals smell, and then gets a ride from Jen.  (I felt sorry for her and her short little legs.)

Lorien wants to play with the meercats!  (All the kids loved them.)

The pair of leopards acted just like big, curious cats, coming right up to the glass.  Of course, they were probably trying to figure out how to eat us.

Dude, we're seriously so totally lost.

ha ha!  We made it to the gift shop just in the nick of time.  Stupid zoo construction and maps that make no sense.

A couple new pics

So you might have noticed I haven't been posting much . . . I've been taking a step back from the internet and from scrapbooking, which is kind of nice.  Not letting myself feel obligated to anyone.  Add to that, the step back from TV because of the writer's strike . . . well, and I've been reading a lot of books.  And I've been realizing just how many books I should have read but didn't, and how many I just want to read because I love reading . . . and yeah.  Good times.

So a few pictures.  First, a sweet one of me and Lorien at Easter.  She will sit with me a lot of times, just to hang out, and she was sleepy.

Next, two of my goofy kiddo.  I love both of these pictures, because both are EXACTLY what he looks like. :)  I'm fascinated by the fact that he has such huge eyes, yet when he smiles they're squinty and moon shaped.  And the smile in the first picture?  SO his daddy.  The nose wrinkle in the second one is totally me.