by Mir | Sep 18, 2004 | Irreconcilable Differences
I’m rich! I’m rich! The ex came to pick the kids up for swimming lessons, this morning, and brought me the child support check. Only three days late. Let’s go blow it all on fast living and shiny things! Or, you know, the mortgage. Either way....
by Mir | Sep 17, 2004 | Detritus
It was a particularly rough evening ’round these parts. If you happen to be a rather emotional, precocious 6-year-old, Friday nights are not your time to shine. In that case, Friday nights would hallmark the end of an entire week of being your most wonderful and...
by Mir | Sep 17, 2004 | Detritus
I’m feeling pulled in a hundred directions today. Maybe it’s because I need to sit down and pay bills (and I would rather do almost anything else). Maybe it’s because the lawn needs to be mowed but it looks like rain. Maybe it’s because I have...
by Mir | Sep 17, 2004 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
This is Mir. This is Mir wrangling children on a school morning before she’s had some caffeine. Any questions? Me: Put that Polly down and get yourself downstairs to eat right now! Her: But she wants to come too! Me: FINE. But get down here. Him: Vitamin!...
by Mir | Sep 16, 2004 | Job? Huh?
Even a really fulfilling Target run can only carry a girl so far. Is the entire world populated with idiots, or do they just all congregate in Human Resources? I know some perfectly nice, decent human beings who work in HR. But I am beginning to suspect that they...
