mortal once more

so all of last week was spent anticipating the saturday release of harry potter and the half-blood prince. i was extremely excited to pick up my hefty copy (though not as hefty as the order of the phoenix . . .) of the thing. the weekend was spent devouring the delicious-smelling, perfect-paper-feeling book. were it not for the frequent interruptions (children!) the thing would have been read in less than a day. as it was it took me two days and, as with all of the others, i was a little sad that i just had to read the thing so fast, that i was finished too soon, and that it will be at least another two years until the next one is out. perhaps this week will bring a re-read of the series?

for the harry potter nay-sayers among us, here's an interesting interview with john granger about the possible christian allegorical elements throughout the harry potter series. i'm eager to read the book that granger wrote on the subject. (thanks, kristen!) perhaps with birthday moo-la-lah coming this weekend?

birthday! oh my gosh, i can't write about this, i just can't, not yet. age! slamming at me from all sides. celebrate life, yes. but even at the minute of the commencement of life we're just that much closer to the end of life. aargh!

these boys grow too fast! one moment they're babies with baby breath and scent and quickly they're here moving in a blurry swirl. give me a minute to suspend it all.