Whether the Weather be: Partly cloudy (51 F/11C)
In the News: Chelsea Clinton's wedding plans (Source: AP)
Events of Note: Unit 2 Ends.
* An old friend of mine from my junior and senior high school days, wrote on my Facebook wall, the other day. They said, even though I'm no longer living in New Zealand, that I haven't 'lost' where I've come from. Quite so. Re-locating 12,000 miles across the globe, with just what personal posessions you can carry, while being five and a half months pregnant and newly married, besides, proved to be quite the adventure. Then, just before my daughter turned a year old, I began keeping my first online weblog, or 'blog'. It was rather aptly called, "Nostalgic Noodlings". Throughout the course of its 500 entries, this 'book' documented my everyday experiences of cultural assimilation as a legal 'alien' new to the U.S.. It also served as an intimate 'outlet' for observations on my personal encounters with motherhood. As well as for my writing about other topical thoughts and current events as they captured my imagination and inspiration. It was also at around this time, that I started maintaining an electronic writing portfolio. At its height in popularity, my very first web-log regularly attracted 12 daily comments, and several dozen monthy hits. Whether or not I had actively subscribed to it when I first started, my blog quite suddenly took on a unique audience and 'voice' all its own!. After "Noodlings" closed, I then started writing v. 0.2-"Insanities and Sensibilities". Much to my chagrin, this second version of mine hasn't been written in since March this year. Blogging, as with life itself, is subject to swings and roundabouts.
* I've fallen slightly behind, today. My daughter was suddenly unwell, yesterday, which meant that my fullest attention was diverted elsewhere until around midnight, last night. Then, I had to be up at 6am, to begin my first round of medication for my day. I take medications during the day, as well as at night, that make me sedated and feeling pretty sleepy for a good part of my waking and sleeping life. My main daytime one also has an interesting side-effect of periodically inducing hallucinations. Fortunately, that kind of distraction is happening less and less, now.
* It's now time to read a large pile of medical journals and write up a few more 'summary sheets' for my other class (Anat&Phys), as well as wrap up threaded discussions for this week. Looking forward to my third week. Each week often seems like a new beginning, as well as a chance to build on what has gone on before that. It all counts, in the end!. Thankfully, I did well in my Chemistry of Life exam for Anat&Phys. It's been a while since myself and lab sciences were ...interactive!.
