Desire. Ask. Believe. Receive.

primarily because I couldn't access the new blogger from work--damn firewalls, and secondarily because I've been busy and not interested in sitting down to blog at home. Surprisingly today I logged into blogger on a lark and was amazed to find I could once again access the control panel. Who knew? Certainly not me, obviously. I have no idea how long this has been a time-killing possibility.

Anyway, things have been good. Really good actually. I guess I went through a pretty dark period this last spring and winter, but the summer is off to a fantastic start. Maybe I'll have some time to catch up later.

Currently I can hardly walk. John talked me into a 4th of July family run yesterday and I'm sore from waist to knee. It was a really great day though, despite the forced run. :) I woke up depressed and a touch hungover. I think the hangover really wasn't that bad, I was mostly just disappointed in myself for having gotten to that state in the first place. We ran along the river though, which was gorgeous, and then hiked to an abandoned river bank and threw rocks in the current for an hour or so. Next was home, lunch, and taking Suzie out for her first family canoe trip. Great, great fun and she was a perfect traveler, sitting perfectly still in the center of the canoe, intent on her role of keeping the boat steady. We cruised through fields (?) of lily pads and picked Suzie a boquet of lily blossoms. We all got a little too much sun but not too much that the afternoon was spoiled. Home again, got Suze down for a THREE HOUR NAP, got busy with my husband, big taco salads for dinner, then swimming in the neighbors' pool and watching fireworks over the lake while drinking cold beer and eating local strawberries and chocolate before crashing into bed at 10.

All in all it was pretty close to the perfect summer day.

This is brief--I'm working now and really still deciding which direction I want this blog to take now that I know I can access it again. Look for daily updates. ;)