I'm going to write a 10-minute update... here goes...

• End of An Era: I shipped ChaplainMom's maternity clothes back to her the other day, along with all of mine--I couldn't remember whose was whose so I sent the whole mess to her. Not that CM is in that place yet, but I am pretty sure I'm Over That.
  
  
• It feels strange to be over that.
  
  
• We're zeroing in on a child-care person for the divine miss m. Dang, it's expensive.
  
  
• Free to Be will continue to watch M on an as-needed basis, which I'm thinking will be occasional Fridays. It will be nice to have some writing time.
  
  
• M is standing unassisted for a few seconds at a time. Help me Rhonda! She also eats anything you put in front of her--here's what she's eating these days:
  barley, oatmeal, yogurt
  applesauce, peaches (fresh and canned), banana, plum
  plain macaroni
  zwieback, cheerios, wagon wheels, Rice Chex, Kix
  broccoli, green beans, peas, carrots (once), squash
  All thanks to the Happy Baby Food Grinder!
  
  
• Little she-who-is will be going with MaDear to visit her cousins J&J over Labor Day. On a plane. Without us. I know everything will be fine, but with 9/11 anniversary looming my fretful mind is playing tricks on me. This morning we were having a perfectly mundane conversation about it and I thought All those people who died on those planes had mundane conversations just like this one. Anyway, I'll be very glad when she lands safely here again.

Time's up.