I'm SWAMPED!

I'm Swamped!

You would think that quitting my part time "day job" as a teacher would mean that I would have more free time to blog. HA! I've filled in all the gaps with more freelance writing work than I can shake a stick at, plus I've been carting my son to swim lessons (two a day last week - no one should be at a pool that much), gym classes, and the like trying to keep him exercised, happy, and not staring at the TV. I've also been training and competing with my Whippet (here and there), earning some blue ribbons last weekend.

That doesn't leave much time to blog.

Add to that the fact that I'm pregnant and not feeling super and you can see that things are not going incredibly smoothly here (when am I supposed to clean this house???).

It's crazy!

Rest assured that I haven't forgotten about my blog and I will soon be hitting you with a masterpiece (well...) titled "I Poot at That Stupid Lion."

See you soon!

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