Making up

It's a good thing I'm not in school anymore. How did I ever manage it around the holidays? I think the answer is that a lot of things didn't get done. Ah well. So here's a hodge-podge of miscellaneous items to make up for quick & easy posts that I've resorted to over the past few weeks.

First and most importantly, Happy Birthday to Erin! She's 24 today. She was born at St. Mary's Hospital at 6:55 am after a blessedly short labor. We had moved to Madison over Labor Day weekend and didn't know a lot of people in town, except a few neighbors and an old friend of mine from grade school days. When my water broke at 2:30 am, we called Sue R, (my old friend) who'd offered to come and stay with Andrew. By the time she got there around 4:30, contractions had started, and the drive to the hospital was cold and bumpy and unpleasant. The hospital staff woke some intern to take care of things, and his sleepy demeanor did not inspire confidence in me. But when the big moment came, Dr. Demopolous showed up and did a great job of helping bring Erin into the world. And then we shared a room with a woman who'd had her 4th or 5th (I can't remember which) baby. The whole family came to visit which was understandable but a little noisy and not great for resting and recuperating.

Anyway - it sounds like Erin is being properly honored tonight, and she'll get more birthday fun when she's home at Christmas. Those darn Christmas birthdays...you'd think we'd have put more thought into that!

And on the creative front, I've gotten a little time in my increasingly-cluttered studio room. I made the blue card for a one-on-one swap (swap with one person) and the red one for the card of the month group, which ends with this month. I'm hoping that I'll be able to get the room back into shape (and painted! we still haven't managed that) in the coming month. Not even going to try in December.

I hope you are feeling peaceful, calm and still inside in this anticipatory season. If not, listen to Enya again.