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Perhaps you find it as sad as I that my orchids are dying. Alas. What went wrong?

Life is steady. We are going out of town this weekend and some padres of some our friends are going to stay in our house. House guests! What fun!

If only I had something worthwhile to post.

Next week I have orientation. 5 days of orientation. FIVE. Incredible. I will be working at night, but orientation is during the day - which of course inspires mother guilt at leaving Z. Ever since Matt took a million jobs I have tried to reign in my mind and reassure myself that each ______ (day, night alone, dinner by myself, bedtime routine gone solo, Saturday morning without him around,etc) does not actually matter that much. If I place too much importance on it - I feel depressed. And so it goes with mothering. 5 days - only one full day - away from Zoe will not mar her for eternity. Besides, I leave her in good hands.

In other news, I ran across this quote and I enjoy it:

"Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus. " - M.T. ♥"