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I've been up since 3AM when Brooks started fussing. Same last night. I don't know why I feel unable to go back to sleep when he wakes up like that these last two days. Maybe it is the adrenaline I'm feeling all day, everyday because of work stress and coming down off the trip to Texas. I also had great hopes of typing a huge entry and catching up on my Flist, but I was unable to access LJ for over an hour, all my troubleshooting failed until the page randomly loaded. So much for catching up on reading. It will be time to get dressed and run out the door any second now.

Our trip to Texas was a whirlwind. My parents pool is gorgeous, the kids had a wonderful time once their initial fear of the water was conquered. The kids never seem to warm up quickly, so there were very few snuggles for my parents, sadly - but there were a lot of hilarious toddler antics and doings that had us all entertained anyway. The kids handled the airplanes, change of routine, weird sleeping environment, new people, time change, and hectic-ness so well. I'm ever-so-proud of those little stinkers.

I am supposed to hear back about my potential promotion this week - but I have a sinking feeling for some reason. I think it is the way of the world for my hope to flag and surge, so I'm just struggling for even keel as I feel my way through all of these changes. My fingernails are growing back, so I know that at least some nameless stressor (whether it be the trip or the wait for the interview) has been removed from my life. Maybe if I had more time to self analyze I could have dealt with that stress more pointedly - but who has the time for self analysis with twins running around, trips to Texas impending and huge projects at work building up like water behind a barely sound dam? Not this girl.

I have some pictures uploaded, but I'm going to post this while I still have access. And time. And maybe read up on you all a bit. Anything happen while I was gone?

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I've been up since 3AM when Brooks started fussing. Same last night. I don't know why I feel unable to go back to sleep when he wakes up like that these last two days. Maybe it is the adrenaline I'm feeling all day, everyday because of work stress and coming down off the trip to Texas. I also had great hopes of typing a huge entry and catching up on my Flist, but I was unable to access LJ for over an hour, all my troubleshooting failed until the page randomly loaded. So much for catching up on reading. It will be time to get dressed and run out the door any second now.

Our trip to Texas was a whirlwind. My parents pool is gorgeous, the kids had a wonderful time once their initial fear of the water was conquered. The kids never seem to warm up quickly, so there were very few snuggles for my parents, sadly - but there were a lot of hilarious toddler antics and doings that had us all entertained anyway. The kids handled the airplanes, change of routine, weird sleeping environment, new people, time change, and hectic-ness so well. I'm ever-so-proud of those little stinkers.

I am supposed to hear back about my potential promotion this week - but I have a sinking feeling for some reason. I think it is the way of the world for my hope to flag and surge, so I'm just struggling for even keel as I feel my way through all of these changes. My fingernails are growing back, so I know that at least some nameless stressor (whether it be the trip or the wait for the interview) has been removed from my life. Maybe if I had more time to self analyze I could have dealt with that stress more pointedly - but who has the time for self analysis with twins running around, trips to Texas impending and huge projects at work building up like water behind a barely sound dam? Not this girl.

I have some pictures uploaded, but I'm going to post this while I still have access. And time. And maybe read up on you all a bit. Anything happen while I was gone?