Comments on: Tacos and trauma http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/07/18/tacos-and-trauma/ "Maybe all we can hope to do is end up with the right regrets." Mon, 21 May 2012 13:21:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ms Sisyphus http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/07/18/tacos-and-trauma/#comment-10581 Ms Sisyphus Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:26:49 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/07/18/tacos-and-trauma/#comment-10581 Wow. I thought parallel universes were just the stuff of SF. But clearly we're living the same life. Chickadee is ZDiva Girl, right down to the "You didn't hug me." Wow. I thought parallel universes were just the stuff of SF. But clearly we’re living the same life. Chickadee is ZDiva Girl, right down to the “You didn’t hug me.”

]]> By: Jennifer http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/07/18/tacos-and-trauma/#comment-10559 Jennifer Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:07:41 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/07/18/tacos-and-trauma/#comment-10559 Tacos with my just-turned-4 daughter: (Whining) "I don't like meat. It's too spicy." Parents fill shell or tortilla with refried beans, lots of cheese, and tomatoes only. With hard taco shells: Takes one bite, the thing cracks: "Oh, Noooooooo! It's bwoken! WAAAAAH!" With soft tortillas: Takes a few bites, doesn't hold on tight enough, and either stuff falls out or tortilla unravels: "Oh, Noooooooo! It falled apart! WAAAAAH!" Much better: enchiladas. Must eat with fork. Already soggy and falling apart when it goes on the plate. Nothing to "bweak". But much more labor intensive to make. Tacos with my just-turned-4 daughter:

(Whining) “I don’t like meat. It’s too spicy.” Parents fill shell or tortilla with refried beans, lots of cheese, and tomatoes only.

With hard taco shells: Takes one bite, the thing cracks: “Oh, Noooooooo! It’s bwoken! WAAAAAH!”

With soft tortillas: Takes a few bites, doesn’t hold on tight enough, and either stuff falls out or tortilla unravels: “Oh, Noooooooo! It falled apart! WAAAAAH!”

Much better: enchiladas. Must eat with fork. Already soggy and falling apart when it goes on the plate. Nothing to “bweak”. But much more labor intensive to make.

]]> By: Jennifer http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/07/18/tacos-and-trauma/#comment-10465 Jennifer Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:48:50 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/07/18/tacos-and-trauma/#comment-10465 I know I've mentioned this before, but Chickadee and my Katie must have been separated at birth. What *is* it with the wailing, hysterical crying prompted by absolutely nothing? We've just returned from vacation via a 3-hour flight that turned into a 13-hour ordeal when airports were closed and we were stuck sitting on a plane from 4:45 pm to 2:45 am (followed by a 2-hour drive home). Today's been fun. Much sympathy, and here's hoping that better choices have been and will be made... I know I’ve mentioned this before, but Chickadee and my Katie must have been separated at birth. What *is* it with the wailing, hysterical crying prompted by absolutely nothing? We’ve just returned from vacation via a 3-hour flight that turned into a 13-hour ordeal when airports were closed and we were stuck sitting on a plane from 4:45 pm to 2:45 am (followed by a 2-hour drive home). Today’s been fun. Much sympathy, and here’s hoping that better choices have been and will be made…

]]> By: Kimmie http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/07/18/tacos-and-trauma/#comment-10458 Kimmie Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:11:37 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/07/18/tacos-and-trauma/#comment-10458 I'm glad I'm not the only mama who has spent this heat wave screaming blue murder and praying for school to start. LOL I’m glad I’m not the only mama who has spent this heat wave screaming blue murder and praying for school to start. LOL

]]> By: CelticJig http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/07/18/tacos-and-trauma/#comment-10445 CelticJig Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:48:38 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/07/18/tacos-and-trauma/#comment-10445 Heck, yesterday was a very rotten day at my house, too. I'm still stinging from the tirade my 3 1/2 year old gave me last night -- an hour-long tirade. She, too, is sensitive and knows just how to use those talons on me. She creatively scraped together her small vocabulary of words, spun it around, and flung it hard in my face. "I don't love you and I DON'T LIKE YOU EITHER!!!!" Man, oh, man... she is just THREE AND A HALF. What do the coming years hold for me? I live in Atlanta, and it is always hot as hell in the summer, but this year it is an especially cripsy hot and everyone's tempers are frayed. I can only hope that my gal's hatred of me will abate when the weather changes. In the meantime, I dedicate my thankless life to her misery... I mean, her happy and healthy up bringing. Now, I must get back to licking my wounds. Thanks, Mir... it helps to know I'm not the only one. Heck, yesterday was a very rotten day at my house, too. I’m still stinging from the tirade my 3 1/2 year old gave me last night — an hour-long tirade. She, too, is sensitive and knows just how to use those talons on me. She creatively scraped together her small vocabulary of words, spun it around, and flung it hard in my face. “I don’t love you and I DON’T LIKE YOU EITHER!!!!” Man, oh, man… she is just THREE AND A HALF. What do the coming years hold for me? I live in Atlanta, and it is always hot as hell in the summer, but this year it is an especially cripsy hot and everyone’s tempers are frayed. I can only hope that my gal’s hatred of me will abate when the weather changes. In the meantime, I dedicate my thankless life to her misery… I mean, her happy and healthy up bringing. Now, I must get back to licking my wounds. Thanks, Mir… it helps to know I’m not the only one.

]]> By: Mom101 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/07/18/tacos-and-trauma/#comment-10422 Mom101 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:33:55 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/07/18/tacos-and-trauma/#comment-10422 You just made me very afraid to have a child older than, say, one in concert with summer. You just made me very afraid to have a child older than, say, one in concert with summer.

]]> By: Denise http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/07/18/tacos-and-trauma/#comment-10420 Denise Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:08:06 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/07/18/tacos-and-trauma/#comment-10420 New to your blog...here via The Big Yellow House What a hilarious story! I'll remember it every time I serve tacos. Your kids are a riot! New to your blog…here via The Big Yellow House

What a hilarious story! I’ll remember it every time I serve tacos. Your kids are a riot!

]]> By: Jill http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/07/18/tacos-and-trauma/#comment-10418 Jill Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:54:53 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/07/18/tacos-and-trauma/#comment-10418 It is so frickin hot here in northern california too! We had to sleep with ALL the windows open and let the bugs crawl through our house to escape the heat. It is never this hot in Palo Alto!!! Uggh! It is so frickin hot here in northern california too! We had to sleep with ALL the windows open and let the bugs crawl through our house to escape the heat. It is never this hot in Palo Alto!!! Uggh!

]]> By: Caroline http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/07/18/tacos-and-trauma/#comment-10417 Caroline Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:25:34 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/07/18/tacos-and-trauma/#comment-10417 "I don’t have any idea what we’re having for dinner tomorrow night. But I CAN tell you that it will NOT be tacos." I suggest Valium with a side of Soma. “I don’t have any idea what we’re having for dinner tomorrow night. But I CAN tell you that it will NOT be tacos.”

I suggest Valium with a side of Soma.

]]> By: Jenn2 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/07/18/tacos-and-trauma/#comment-10416 Jenn2 Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:54:29 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/07/18/tacos-and-trauma/#comment-10416 I've checked it out. It's VERY expensive to mail your children to the opposite coast of the country. Not prohibitively expensive, but you might want to re-check the balance of Chickie's therapy account. However, if Monkey's not eating, he may not weigh as much as Missy HooHaw and Chickie's probably lighter than Drama Queen. Do you think they'd question it if you put them on a scale together? I’ve checked it out. It’s VERY expensive to mail your children to the opposite coast of the country. Not prohibitively expensive, but you might want to re-check the balance of Chickie’s therapy account.

However, if Monkey’s not eating, he may not weigh as much as Missy HooHaw and Chickie’s probably lighter than Drama Queen. Do you think they’d question it if you put them on a scale together?

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