Well hello.

Hope everyone is doing well. It's the beginning of June. I cannot believe this year is flying away. Maggie is 10.5 months old. She's turning into a toddler before my very eyes. I see changes in her nearly everyday.

We are currently living with my sister. Gave up the apartment I had for 10 years. It's a stressful time, but it's okay. It's only temporary. The Italian says there are people living in our apartment already - they loved the colors we had painted it and put up fuschia curtains in Maggie's pink room. I hope it's a good space for them - I did a lot of growing in that apartment.

Work is crazy. Non stop. At home I don't get to see TV anymore - and I miss it! I didn't know how much I liked it I guess. I love being with the baby, but she needs an earlier bed time. My sister is great at wearing her out. The baby is great at wearing us all out. She loves having a back yard to play in - it's a beautiful thing.

We're all healthy and doing the best we can. Childcare is a bit of an issue at the moment. We lost our beloved babysitter to grad school, and have since hired 2 more sitters. I came home one night and everything seemed great. Baby was happy, babysitter said she loved being there with her, great. And then we watched the nannycam. And saw my baby left alone on the couch. And saw my baby fall off the couch backwards. It was all I could do to keep my husband from killing this girl. Thank god Maggie's okay. Can you imagine putting a 10 month old child on the couch and then leaving her there? She can't walk, she climbs all over the place exploring...what an idiot! And she left her to get a coke. And beyond all this, she didn't tell me what happened. So when I called her, I said "look, I know Maggie fell off the couch", "oh" was her response. I could hear her shaking. She told me she thought she had lost our keys and was frantic looking for them. I didn't call her on the lie, she was really upset. I just said "please do not ever leave a baby alone, not for any reason ever. promise me this" and she did. Then I told her that what really got me was that she neglected to tell me, which gave me no other option but to fire her. Awful feeling.

It's a nightmare. Truly. Now we're interviewing again, but since we'll be at my sister's for the next few weeks, I'll be coming home early to care for the baby.

So that's the news on our front. What's happening with you guys? I hope you're healthy and happy. I hope you'll check out the new links on the side. My current passion is the site where you can get books you want for free, and get rid of the books you don't want anymore. And the other site I love is a click to donate site.

Much love to you all. I hope your summer is starting off nicely!