Wow! I am overcome with the support and encouragement from all you wonderful urbanmoms. Someone used the word "powerful" in her comment and that’s what you ladies are. I was feeling a bit down for myself in light of Angelina’s good fortune, but I feel really picked up by all your lovin’. I am still a bit fixated on Angelina’s ability to adopt alone since the Vietnamese will not place children with unmarried couples. Where do they think this little boy is going to live? With whom is he going to be raised? I guess, I could divorce Mr. Husband, who seems to be the interantional liability here, apply for adoption in Korea and/or China and then re-marry him when I get home, but what fun would that be? And since I am the natural conception liability, and he’s stuck by me, that wouldn’t be quite fair 🙂
Besides, I am on March Break! Yesterday the sun was shining, the snow was fast, the apres ski deck was crowded and eleven year old "I Don’t Care" not only wanted to ski with me, he wanted to hang out on his own for awhile in the terrain park – which is sometimes the bigger feat!
It is very early Monday morning here but we have a big week planned. We are skiing at a club just outside of Collingwood, Ontario and I just love, love,love the way they know March Break. In just a few hours, the Gaffer will be on the hill in Snow Bear camp with a bunch of other noodle-legged three year olds, "I Don’t Care" will be bouncing out of the half pipe with the Freestyle Camp and Mama -that’s me- will either be sipping a nice warm cup of tea and basking in the am sunshine, reading the paper – aaaah what a luxury- or skiing a few hills on her own of her own choosing!
At noon we all break for lunch. Then the Gaffer goes to daycare for a nap and "I Don’t Care" and I head back out on the slopes…or not. Because it is March Break and we can do what we want. Mr. Husband is stuck in the city and one big sister is doing driver’s ed and staying at her mom’s while the other is splitting her time with her mom in the city and then joining us at the end of the week.
The kids usually spend March Break with their mom and it is a special treat for the Gaffer and me to have "I Don’t Care" up here with us. She absolutely adores him, I don’t think he’s so bad either. We rarely get an opportunity to just hang which doesn’t involve school work or some other responsibility, so I’m really excited about this week.
We have a few plans for the Plunge Pool, an indoor/outdoor water adventure at the nearby Intrawest resort, a steak dinner, some snowshoeing and maybe a little bowling or a movie but the week is pretty fluid and we’ll just take things as they come. Of course, Mama has arranged a night out with the adults for dinner because it is her March Break as well.
I do have trouble seeing all the families with the little babies and all the big tummies that seem to have been incubating all winter and are now bursting free of ski jackets, but I am blessed, truly blessed with what I have…I just want a little more of it.
Ahhh spring skiing is the best. Enjoy your March break – we have “Spring Break” out here in ‘berta: it takes place adjacent to Easter every year, so not until the first week of April. Luckily, we’ll still have plenty of options for skiing then, and not have to contend with you easterners on the rocky mtn slopes (as we did all day Saturday at Lake Louise!)
Sounds glorious, Elizabeth! We skied yesterday in the sunshine and I swear it is the best therapy ever!!
Had to snicker at the “natural conception liability” comment…teehee…keep us posted on your quest.