I have so missed writing in my blog. I think about writing all the time. It's just that most of my outbursts are focused on Facebook; it's quicker, easier, and I get a quicker social fix since people respond more quickly than they do to clicking an outside link and then commenting. But I do realize the need to compartmentalize the busyness that goes on in my mind and direct more to my blog. That way people can have a choice in the verbal vomit I subject them to. Mothering has been very tiring recently. Still one of my top fav things to do, but being 20 weeks pregnant and experiencing the lovely fatigue that goes with that is pretty limiting. For example, a month and a half ago, decided to try preparing for a piano competition that is in my current state of Texas. The only issues I saw were that I had JUST found the competition, and just shy of two months to prepare for it. That means an entire 40 minutes worth of memorized music by a composer I have habitually avoided in th