Things Iโm Looking Forward to Right This Very Second. 1. My arms around my husbandโs neck, his smell that never changes, that is like everything else about him - a constant. I love a good reunion. 2. Handing over my finished novel to the good folks at Random House. Just have to fuckingfinish it. Thatโs a new verb now. Fuckingfinish. 3. My kidโs ambling off the school bus in a few hours. 4. Floppy hats and oversized sweaters and my fingertips working themselves into a pair of gloves. This is the part where I stop longing for summer. This is the part where I relinquish myself to the frost and cold, when I get on my knees and help the boys with their mittens. Bundling up is nice, once in awhile. 5. The morning when I log on and type Ebola into google search and itโs all โGone! Yay! We did it!โ 6. Bare branches. 7. My patio cushions arriving. 8. The quiet that settles around the house come 9pm, punctured only by the crunch of tortilla chips and the whispery turning of pages. 9. When the privacy of people in the public eye doesnโt become something they have to fight for, advocate, or struggle with. Privacy is a commodity. It is a luxury. It is something I value even as I write a blog sharing my thoughts, my feelings, my arms around my husbandโs neck. But hereโs the trick. There are things I will never intend to share, and thereโs a comfort in that. I need that comfort. 10. Um. Christmas.
















