A nanny supervising a baby suspended in a wire cage attached to the outside of a high tenement block window. The cages were distributed to members of the Chelsea Baby Club in London who have no gardens, or qualms about putting a child in a box dangling over a busy street.

I’ve been getting more spam comments then normal this week. Everytime I see pending comments I get my hopes up just a little that it might be legitimate.

Woke up at 6 am to the loudest thunder I have heard in over a decade when I was feet away from a lightening strike. I laid in bed for about an hour and a half dozing in and out waiting for my alarm listening to the rain. When I finally got up I found snow on the tops of the mountains. First snow of the year. It has been grey and rainy all day. I think the high for the rest of the week is in the 50′s. I love this weather. I don’t even mind being at work when it is like this. Though I would rather be home with a blanket and my book.

Looking forward to watching the new SVU tonight. I really do love my new shift. I don’t have to be up to early in the mornings and I get to be home in time for dinner and playing with the best niece and nephew in the world and then the occasional tv show that I like to watch.

Getting sober is not easy. I have watched family members and friends go through AA. I didn’t go through AA. I moved to Utah to be near family who didn’t drink. To be in a state where alcohol wasn’t easily accessible to me. To some place where I had no friends. It has been 4 years now. It is still hard. There are days when all I want is a gin and tonic. There are times when I am out to dinner and I think how nice a glass of wine would be. I am with people who don’t drink and that is what I need. I pray for strength to get me through each day. 4 years that I am proud of. The cravings don’t go away. But the strength I feel from the love and support I get from the people around me make it easier.