Thoughts Lately

• Anna is talking up a storm.  She knows so many new words now and is working on combining words into phrases.  She also tries to copy everything I say.  I still have a hard time understanding her though.  She will repeat the same word over and over but I have no idea what she is saying.  Hopefully I will get better at decoding her.
• Anna's day care teacher told me that she is finally starting to play more with the other kids (hooray!).  She also said she is getting a bit bossy (hooray!  finally, a trait she picked up from her mom).
• I still cannot handle anything sad and this Oklahoma tornado is the perfect example.  I have been avoiding the news and Facebook.  I know avoiding it is probably not the best solution, but I am not sure what else to do.  It just makes me so, so sad.  I think about the Oklahoma kids and families and pets, and how it could easily have been my kid, my family, and my pets.  It just becomes too much to think about.  I hope these feelings fade over time.  I was happy to hear that I am not the only one who cannot handle sad things though.
• I need to learn perspective.  We have a trip to the beach coming up this weekend and after checking the weather, I realized that it is only supposed to be about 65 degrees.  Boo!  I broke down.  No wading in the ocean, no playing in the kiddy pool (the only reason why we booked our hotel), no bathing suit pictures (Anna's not me)...  Then I realized that I was being ridiculous.  I should feel lucky because we can afford to go to the beach at all.  I should feel excited that we get to see someplace new.  I should be grateful because we can still play in the sand and eat greasy french fries and run on the boardwalk to make up for the french fries.  Perspective?  I am working on it.  Setting my expectations too high?  I am working on that too.
• I have totally failed at working out these past two weeks.  Must get back to it.
• Kyle is out of town this week, so I am extra talkative today.