this was a brian goldman word. means nothing. nada. said like can’t. “nary a thing”
anyway, it just means i don’t have anything to say. but everybody keeps bugging me about a new post, so i guess i’ll post on nothing. nant. in my head no post and a post that says a lot of nothing is 6 of one and 1/2 dozen of the other, but oh well. at least i’m making contact.
speaking of brian, there was this guy in walmart the other night and my honey and i couldn’t stop staring at him. he looked just like brian. same style of clothes. same build. same “soul patch”. and as pearl said, “same pissed off at walmart look.” i had to look twice. and then i just wanted to stare. it was like getting a second chance to see him. it only added to my non-realness. that this can’t really be. but it is.
sciatica is back. i need much prayer. yeah, healing would be nice, but more importantly i need to be able to be an over-comer. to carry on with my daily duties with patience and love. it’s always amazing what chronic pain will do to my state of mind. it makes me so much more edgy. and my kiddos don’t understand. so i need gentleness. if you haven’t dealt with chronic pain it’s hard to understand. i even forget when it passes for a few months. but we’re back, baby! in the evenings, when it’s at its worst it’s like being at an 8 level of pain on a 10 scale in labor, and it doesn’t pass. nothing helps. sorry for whining. i’ll get past it, i have before, and least it’s harmless, so i am grateful. just lapsing momentarily into self-pity.

i just read back over my post and realized this is such a down post. good grief. must change the direction.
on a good note…
we got the swingset from my parents and a water hose - look out summer - here come the parker kids!
we are all currently well. no strep. no throwing up. woo hoo! don’t blink, though. you might miss it!
my oldest tested for kindergarten today. he tested at a 6 and a half year old level. yep, he’s 4. he’s mine. see, my nerdiness did pay off!
pearl and i watched the scripp’s national spelling bee finals tonight. i love it! we watched it on espn last year and it was primetime tonight. the girl we wanted to win, won! so sweet. i cried off and on through the whole thing - when they lost, when their parents were so proud, when they went to the next round. good stuff. if you missed it this year, don’t next.
when mandy got the call from clayton that he was coming home tonight she did this little impromptu dance thing out of sheer excitement. it did my heart good!
dinner with the james. always great. i really think they may love our kids as much as we do. i didn’t even know that was possible.
i got a new cell, thanks, brandi! it rings, i can dial any number i want, including those with 2,5,8,0 in them.
thanks for tuning in. i’m getting sleepy - imagine that. i’ll try to get some pics on next time.