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On loneliness, ice skating champions and bed assembly

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Loneliness
My sister-in-law asked me this weekend why it’s been so long since I’ve written anything here. I told her I’d run out of things to say. And that’s kind of true, although I expect that my bowl of words will refill itself. It usually does. Here’s what I think has emptied it out this time: Rockford has been out of town since last Monday, and he doesn’t get back home until Wednesday. I’ve gotten almost used to his frequent business trips, but this one has been painfully long. I love my husband, and I also like him. He’s my best friend. I miss him terribly when he’s gone.

Also, the children have been slowly siphoning off my brain cells.

Champions
Despite the brain cell thing, we had a nice weekend. We went to the national figure-skating championships, where I got to see:

  • Evan Lysacek! His skating is just as powerful in person as it is on TV, and I still can’t decide whether or not he’s dreamy.
  • Scott Hamilton! He was announcing, not skating. I very much wanted to give him a hug, but we weren’t sitting all that close to him. And also I’m sure some security-type person would’ve stopped me.
  • Eleven-year-old Nathan Chen, who made me wonder what I was doing with my life at 11. (Answer: Playing Nintendo and eating chips). He was astonishing, and I fully expect to see him in the Olympics whenever he’s eligible.
  • A lot of other skaters, who were also very talented. And I’d love to tell you about them all. But the children? The brain-melting children? They would like their quiet time to be over now. And so I guess it will be. Because who needs quiet?

    • Bed assembly
    And then today I built the bed that my brother and sister-in-law bought for Pete:

    Kura bed from Ikea

    If you’ve ever wondered how long it takes to build the Ikea Kura bed, here is your answer: Two hours. Possibly less time than that, even, if you have help and are not working amidst a 5-year-old, a 3-year-old and a 2-year-old.

    4 thoughts on “On loneliness, ice skating champions and bed assembly”

    1. I’m extremely impressed! It took Joe like 4 hours to build a three drawer Ikea dresser…not kidding! 😉

    2. i still don’t know how you do it all. you are an amazing woman. 😀

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