Home

We are home. Ahhhhh . . . it sure was a great trip, and it sure was great to sleep in my own bed last night.

Now that we are back, we've returned to the start of preschool, Jim's return to travel, dance class, library trips, and hopefully a much more normal routine. I've loved summer, but this summer got me all off whack. I'm desperate to get back to something that I can count on: routine.

I started tonight. As I type it's just barely 8pm, and both girls are all tucked in. It's dusk outside, the autumn showing it's earliest signs with earlier sunsets. *Sigh* It's a good way to kick off our week.

Tomorrow we'll finish laundry. Tuesday Meg will start 3-day preschool. Friday will be Kate's first day at MMO/2 yr old preschool. And I'm vowing to stay positive and happy this week. After all . . . I'm getting what I've wished for. Back to normal at our house.

While we were on our ragin' Ozarks vacation, I listened to a lot of music courtesy of my anniversary present: a new Ipod Nano. As I was listening, I thought about the lyrics . . . listened again and again to some songs that had significant meaning to me. I thought this week I'd share some of these songs . . . the ones that are pertinent to what's going on in my head right now. I've picked one for each day this week . . . and being that it's a busy week, I might only be able to post a song and picture, but at least you can see what's going on in my head.

And so our week starts. Can you tell that I'm feeling better already? I hope I am.

Here is Sunday's Song:

Home

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoSdsfJudGE

Another summer day

Has come and gone away

In Paris and Rome

But I wanna go home

Mmmmmmmm

May be surrounded by

A million people I

Still feel all alone

I just wanna go home

Oh, I miss you, you know

And I’ve been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you

Each one a line or two“I’m fine baby, how are you?”

Well I would send them but I know that it’s just not enough

My words were cold and flat

And you deserve more than that

Another aeroplane

Another sunny place

I’m lucky, I know

But I wanna go home

Mmmm, I’ve got to go home

Let me go home

I’m just too far from where you are

I wanna come home

And I feel just like I’m living someone else’s life

It’s like I just stepped outside

When everything was going right

And I know just why you could not

Come along with me

'Cause this was not your dream

But you always believed in me

Another winter day has come

And gone away

In even Paris and Rome

And I wanna go home

Let me go home

And I’m surrounded by

A million people I

Still feel all alone

Oh, let me go home

Oh, I miss you, you know

Let me go home

I’ve had my run

Baby, I’m done

I gotta go home

Let me go home

It will all be all right

I’ll be home tonight

I’m coming back home

--Michael Buble

(yes, that is me!)