Back on the grid

It's amazing how crippled I feel without Internet access. Our hotel changed servers, and we're just now getting back on. It's been three or four days, and we still can't get the wireless to work. Someone's looking at it later today, so maybe I'll be off the cord soon.

Not too much exciting going on. I think I'm psychologically home already, and have given up trying to live here. We get on the plane in 7 days, and I can't wait! We are sad about leaving H behind, but not enough to stay longer. J has been wonderful this past week, making new friends with the Belgian boys who are going to be two apartments down from us starting tomorrow. The family has a 3.5-year-old, 2.5-year-old, and 5-month-old, all boys. I'm impressed, simply because the mother isn't a raving lunatic.

I wanted to have a baby sooner than it looks like we're going to, and so did H. I wanted them to be about 3 years apart, but certain health considerations are delaying our next baby. I wanted them to be old enough to play together, but not so close together that I was a lunatic. Hopefully, J and phantom baby will still be emotionally close; it will just be a different dynamic than I have with my brother, who is 2.5 years older than me.

I actually speak to my brother's wife more than my brother, mostly because of the whole mommy thing, but also because she's just home more. I think I feel differently about my brother, who I always adored, because now I see him as a husband and father, and not just the bossy guy in my house. He's more human to me as an adult, and has lost his mythic status. Now I can laugh with him about the children, and other things.

That's all for now. It's day three of torrential downpours, so we are going to the big grocery store for excitement. We walked around in the rain the first day, but I'm kind of over it now. Bleach.

Thanks for reading,
-Anne