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Almost Walking

Just now, Nova took two steps in a row, totally on her own.  Last weekend she took a step on her own, then sat down, and all week she's been crouching and standing and crouching back down to crawl.   This step towards walking comes about a month after she first stood up on her own from the ground, without using anything for balance or support or to pull on.  Now I really do think she'll be walking soon.

My so-called vacation

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I have not been writing.  I should have known better than to expect an uninterrupted half hour a day at my computer while visiting my parents.  I'd had great hopes for getting through the next few of my new draft while here, but the constant social whirl has gotten in my way.  In the week and a half I've been here, there has been only one night that my parents haven't had guests or gone out to some social event or other, which I am also required to attend.   When I complained, my mother said, "It's only the evenings!"  You might think so, but it's amazing how a dinner party can cast its shadow over the entire day. Last night, for example, we had a few relatives around for dinner.  When all was said and done, that meant 11 adults and Nova.  My mother and I spent a good while in the middle of the day figuring out a menu, whether anyone else could be counted on to contribute, and going shopping, all the while speculating about whether certain people would or