My friend Jessica Subject is back. Her post today reminded me of a painful subject. What I can't do anymore. I can't blame my inabilities on small children, though. Wish I could. LOL I'll bet many of you will think "been there".
Ten Things I
Can’t Do Anymore...
Guest Post by
Jessica E. Subject
Hello Diane and
friends! Thank you so much for having me here. Like the heroine in my new
release, Alien Admirer, I have two children, a boy and a girl. And since having
kids, there are many things I’ve noticed that I cannot do anymore. Some of them
are because of the kids, and others have just happened over the years. Here’s
my list...
- I can’t bend the way I used to. Okay, I was never very flexible as a child, but I’m much worse now. Yoga class is very interesting, but I am getting better.
- I cannot sleep in. My son is a morning person and anytime I try to sleep in, he’s always up early. Because my husband and daughter are NOT morning people, they usually don’t hear him. But I can’t lie in bed knowing he’s wandering around the house. He’s still too young for me not to worry.
- I cannot read or write without being interrupted. Unless I am completely alone, it never fails that someone needs something right when I get to the good part.
- I cannot go to the bathroom without being interrupted. Okay, this started happening before the kids were born, but now it’s even worse. I remember my mom complaining about this when I was a kid. Now, it’s come back on me.
- I cannot take my time when answering the phone. My son has gotten to the age where he wants to talk on the phone all the time. If it rings, I have to race to answer it (or run interference if a solicitor), so he doesn’t get to the phone first.
- I cannot make a dinner that everyone enjoys. Okay, some nights I can. But, if I make the same thing every night, my husband will complain. It’s when I add variety to our meals that the kids complain.
- I cannot watch a movie only once. While watching a movie, I am usually interrupted, working, or I fall asleep. Therefore, I never see an entire movie the first time. I have to watch it several times before I see every part. That is, unless I catch it in the theatre with just my husband.
- I cannot walk fast. I do walk fast, but when I’m with my family, I can’t. They either complain that I’m walking too fast, or I’m running after the youngest.
- I cannot keep the house completely clean. Kids=toys, and those toys never seem to stay where they’re supposed to.
- I cannot leave home without my kids and not wonder what they’re doing and if they’re safe. I love them to pieces, and I wouldn’t trade them for anything.
See what I mean? Number 10, especially. Even now that my kids are grown and have their own homes, I still worry about them and hope they're safe. That's what Moms do.
Jessica shares her newest book with us. On her promos, she asks the question what would you do if you found out your neighbor is an alien? Not the illegal-from-another-country alien, but one from Outer Space. I've had neighbors I wondered about.
Alien Admirer
Alien Next Door book 2
By Jessica E.
Subject
Erotic Sci-Fi
Romance
ISBN:
978-0991932023
He fills her with forbidden longing…
Widowed for over a year, Sera longs for the
company of her younger, sexier neighbor, the one man she can never have—unless
she plans to rob the cradle. It’s too dangerous…
She’s the only one for him…
Adam never wanted to settle down…until Sera.
But even when her children give him the green light, he must prove age is an
alien concept...
Will Sera give him a chance, or will Adam be left in the cold, never
more than her alien admirer?
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Excerpt:
What is it going to take to convince her I want her? On the ride
home, he’d persuaded himself to give up on Sera. Until he’d seen her on the
porch. He had to seize what might be his lone opportunity.
“Why do you have
such a problem accepting that I’m attracted to you?”
She faced him
again, her cheeks glowing with color. “I don’t have a problem with that. In
fact, I’m flattered. I have a problem with how much I’m attracted to you, how
even on my date, I couldn’t get you out of my head.”
It was all the
invitation he needed. Closing the space between them, he held her, pressing his
lips to hers. Sera moaned, her body tight against his. She didn’t push him
away, instead wrapping her arms around him, running her foot up and down the
back of his calf.
He clutched her
thighs, pulling her up to straddle his waist. Every moan encouraged him to keep
going. He wanted more.
“Inside,” she
said in a breathless whisper. “Take me into the house.”
All right! Grasping and fumbling with the handle,
he managed to open the door without letting her go. Focused on her in his arms,
he shuffled around blindly until his knees met her couch. He laid Sera on the
cushion, but she clung to him.
“No, my bedroom.
And be sure to close the door.”
Her room? Holy shit! Before that moment, he’d
expected several days of trying to win her over before she invited him to her
room, if she ever even acknowledged his feelings.
He carried her
up the butcher block wood steps, to the bedroom he’d helped build. While he’d
helped build every part of the house, the master bedroom remained the one room
he hadn’t entered since Sera moved in.
Sacred, just
like her body.
Bio:
Jessica Subject
is the author of contemporary and science fiction romance, ranging from sweet
to erotica. In her stories, you could meet clones, or a sexy alien or two. You
may even be transported to another planet for a romantic rendezvous.
When Jessica
isn't reading, writing, or doing dreaded housework, she likes to get out and
walk. Fast. But she just may slow down if there is a waterfall nearby.
Jessica lives in
Ontario, Canada with her husband and two energetic children. And she loves to
hear from her readers. You can find her at jessicasubject.com and on twitter @jsubject.
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