Man
it has been a long time since I last posted to this blog. I don’t understand
how there are mommy bloggers out there writing witty blog posts about their
children every day. Most days I’m lucky if I can get a shower and three meals.
Now
that Baby Z is over a year old, I finally have a little time periodically to
sit down and write. A few months ago I had the inspiration and the opportunity
to write a new story. So mostly when I do have time, I’ve been working on that
rather than blogging (although I did write a few blog posts for my Birthday
Challenge blog a couple months back http://bdaychallenge33.blogspot.com/).
I
did my first Twitter pitch party back in December. It was sort of fun, in a
stressful “Ahh, it’s time to tweet my pitch again!” kind of way. No takers for
the four stories I was pitching, but it’s a long shot, so I wasn’t discouraged.
And now I’ve just submitted my newest story to eight publishers. Hooray!
I
was able to resume rock climbing at around four months postpartum. It was a
struggle getting back into it. I felt really weak, particularly in my abs (I
had a medium sized abdominal muscle separation due to pregnancy and I had a C-section).
But now I’m climbing pretty well again. The hardest part now is dealing with
having a toddler at the gym. My husband and I take turns chasing him while the
other person climbs. Baby Z seems to like the gym aside from the daycare room
(we’ve tried leaving him twice and both times we’ve been paged to come pick him
up early because he’s hysterical). We’ve yet to get back to outdoor climbing,
but hopefully someday soon we’ll take a trip.
What
I’m reading: Sadly having a baby and being a voracious reader don’t really go
together very well. I can only read on my phone or my Kindle because otherwise
Baby Z grabs my book and tries to eat it. Apparently when I wished to have a
child who is also a voracious reader, he misheard it and thought I said
voracious eater. Anyway, even reading
on an electronic device happens infrequently because Baby Z demands attention
like it’s going out of style. That being said, I’m currently reading The Emerald Comb by Kathleen McGurl
which combines a modern story with a story from the past (one of my favorite
styles of fiction). And I just finished Truly
Madly Guilty and The Hypnotist’s Love
Story by Liane Moriarty. Both were very entertaining stories that take
place in Australia.
