Romeward Bound

i am at josh's parent's house in rome...well, actually summerville...it is so pretty up here...their road always makes me think of an old english country road...with hedges and fields and working barns...i love it here.
i decided to come on a moment. i have been meaning to come for ages but keep putting it off until i feel really well...so i can come and play...but instead i just sorta crashed and came for respite. 2 days of mastitis...or a plugged duct..not sure...but just SO achy and fevery and sore...hot baths and tylenol solved it though..without antibiotics yippee! (thanks mb =)) but my body seems to cave on me a little when i am physically stressed or emotionally but lately it has been just a physical toll. so i have ecxema...how do you spell that? all over my face....and just SO tired....esme has taken to an abnormally early waking time....5ish...without a lot of naps....
but i wouldn't trade my life for anything....i am truly soooo happy and soooo tired at the same time....so tired can certainly color the scene a bit and make me feel overwhelmed but when i stop and get out of my cloud of sleepiness every once in a while, i see o so clearly how perfectly happy i am.
so, quick summation of the past couple days....
after last post, i went to bed early with jack...esme sound asleep too by about 8:30...aaahhhh.
well, around 10 i woke up bc i couldn't breathe well....i opened the bedroom door and couldn't see esme's crib for the acrid smoke!! seems josh jokingly lit a candle for pete to take his bath next to and it got a little hot and set the wall on fire!! josh was working in the cob pumphouse and pete was on the back porch...but pete came in just in time and put the fire out....it is AMAZING how fast things like that happen....pete said that the fire kept relighting when he doused it with water...and he knew he either needed to put it out in the next few moments or it would be too big too handle....THANK YOU JESUS we were all fine....
the relief of that "okness" allowed us to bake brownies at 11 and eat and chat and laugh until late that night....pete is sugar-free in his diet...very wonderful results for him too....but josh and i alas, are vampid (is this a word?) sugar/chocolate eaters so almost polished off the brownies that night.
we rose the next morning to find our internet is totally not working...(that sounds like a valley girl said that =)) which was actually good for me for a day...jack and i just lazed on the back porch futon and watched winnie the pooh and peter rabbit and just rested....and washed clean-up towels from the night before...
but then i decided i had another addiction...
chocolate AND the internet...
i love keeping up and feeling connected...and that makes it sound so justifiable doesn't it? if i add in how hard it is to get out with 2 kids, then i'll really have a case =) but really, it is calming for me to write about my day and read all about other's days...it has sadly or not-so-sadly taken the place at this season of life of reading lots and lots...i find i can't concentrate very well on reading books as much as i usually can...i enjoy rather a quick look on facebook to see who is doing what or to be all the way honest, a quick download of "lost" or "grey's anatomy"...something mindless (and altogether ammoral on the grey's anatomy watching) which feeds the "entertain me" desire without any work besides a few finger clicks.
oooo, esme is crying...off to cuddle.