Third Culture Kid(s)

I have a couple of posts on identity/parenting/thirdculturekid stuff in the offing, but right now all I have is a quick update, which isn’t even all that interesting.

• MM should be taking a nap. But, like Kitchen Fire’s Bella, she seems to be trying to make this an optional activity. At 20 months, it’s neither optional nor negotiable. On the plus side, she hasn’t made any serious moves to try and get out of her crib yet, so she’s still contained for the time being.
• M. is off having some me-time. He’s been home since last Wednesday, when the weather turned ugly and we just couldn’t get out of the house (it wasn’t the amount of snow so much as the ice that preceded/followed it). He has tomorrow off, too, but I’m taking MM and heading off to my parents’ house so that both of us can get a little work done.
• I’ve been really trying hard to create opportunities to meet people. It’s hampered somewhat by my shyness and by the fact that I simply forget about email sometimes (which means that I’m often very late in responding to people who have been so nice as to email), but it’s better than just holing up in the house and trying to be okay with the fact that we know no one here, really. Outside of family, that is.
• I guess I’m still a little down…although it’s hard to tell how much of that is just feeling dog-tired, for some reason, and how much of it is actual down-ness. On the plus side, though, I did a little writing over the past few days, and my office in the house is now very beautiful and inviting, which at least makes me want to have reasons (ie. writing) to stay in it when I get the chance.

I hate February.