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It's time to restart this blog. I just spent the last hour or so rereading all my old posts and reliving the past couple of years. Lots happened. Had many giggles.

I think one of the funniest things I came across was from a meme my sister sent me almost two years ago:

11] How old do you think you will be when you finally have kids? That's a toughy. 37?

I turned 37 nearly a month ago and no hint of having a kid in sight, but to be fair I did answer the question with a question. I also came across another meme that said I would name my kids Spot, Rusty, Fluffy and Nana, which should go to show how seriously I desire to procreate. ;)

I don't really feel any pressure to have children. Sometimes I would like to have a little curly headed boy or girl, but sometimes I feel very selfish and don't want to be bothered. I'm not sure how much pressure Colleen feels about having kids. Some days she says she wants one and some days she says she doesn't. Her sister doesn't have any children either and I know her mum wants grandkids, but I don't see any on the horizon.

I've heard that as a woman gets older it gets more risky for her to have a child, but I don't know. I've also heard of women having children in their 40s. Who knows? Maybe one of these days we'll have one. Maybe not.

I also read in the past hour about all the layoffs at my former employer including mine less than a year ago. I've since enrolled in the Electrical Technology program at Haywood Community College and I'm loving it. I've learned a lot and on Friday was able to solve an electrical problem for a friend's mother whose electric range was not working. The problem turned out to be furry and four-legged and not much of a challenge to solve, but it was a learning experience anyway and it felt good having been able to help them out.

I've been a little ambivalent about being on the computer lately hence my absence from the blogosphere, but I'm hoping to start posting thoughts and happenings again.

Bienvenidos

Welcome, y'all. I'm back. Sort of.

I've been fairly inconsistent with my blog since my father died last month. Who could blame me? Then I get back from Texas after spending time with my family to find out that my boss has been laid off and now I'm supposed to pick up the slack (on top of being the only reporter out here). It's been going fine, but it's just been too busy to blog. And, no, I'm not blogging about my dad because it's too painful and personal. My sister did a beautiful job blogging about him, and I'm just not going to do it.

What I am doing is taking a beginning Spanish class at the local community college. That's one of the few things I regret never having done (ie. learn to speak Spanish). My aunts fuss at me whenever I see them, so I promised them I would learn so that the next time I visit Puerto Rico, I can have a conversation with them in their language instead of expecting everyone to speak English around me. It's not fair to them.

Well, that's all the blogging I can muster for now. Maybe I'll have more to say later and more time to say it.

Ciao... I mean adiós.