Fortunately, there are enough of us LesFam contributor/administrator gals to be able to balance out each other\’s ups and downs. Several of us are either TTC or pregnant, both of which take a lot of personal energy; one\’s working on a dissertation; and most all of us are juggling some combination of parenthood and employment, either full or partial, inside or outside of the home.

I had a professor once who refused to organize the potlucks at her house, citing a kind of a Pot Luck Chaos Theory. This dictated that if left to their own devices, your guests will more or less fill out the menu. Of course, we were all grad students and brought the cheapest stuff we could prepare. I suspect her theory worked better with fully employed non-students. The Pot Luck Chaos Theory also didn\’t work too well when applied at my partner\’s and my commitment ceremony. We insisted no one give us gifts; of course everyone did (bless \’em); and we received enough serving bowls to hold everything we might ever cook in a two-week period.

Anyhow. After an initial stab at more formal organization, LesbianFamily.org currently operates on the Pot Luck Chaos Theory as applied to group website management. I suspect that some of this is just a tad related to the fact that we\’re all of us negotiating the white waters of early parenthood, and are still getting the hang of what we can and can\’t pull off. If it\’s not getting food on the table, or our kids cared for. At any rate, for the moment, I\’m happy I\’m able to clear a bit of free time of a Monday morning.

And hey, deb, I added your blog to the Big Kids and Non-bio lists. Do let me know if I got all that right.

It would be awesome to be included among you!

d

Done, Shrike & Whozat!

And yer welcome, too, Joul, and I’ve got you-alls on both pages. Only in Lesbianlandia can you have a couple both expecting and trying to conceive a child simultaneously. Bless us everyone.

Squeeeee!!!