by Mir | Nov 30, 2010 | Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I spoke too soon about the idyllic vacation week and uneventful return to school. Truthfully, my breath was held waiting to hear that Monkey celebrated his first day back by shattering into a million angry little pieces, but his day was perfectly fine. No, I answered...
by Mir | Nov 29, 2010 | Oh look! Something furry!!, What do I do all day?
After nearly a week with everyone at home, it was with many yawns and heavy hearts that most of the family headed back to work and school today. I was sorry to see them go; this was, for me, one of our best holiday breaks ever. We didn’t do anything. Seriously,...
by Mir | Nov 27, 2010 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Ottomatic For the People
Monkey is doing a Big Project on the Holocaust for school. He’s been “working on it in class” which means, of course, that this weekend we’ve discovered he’s done… next to nothing. Monkey is many fine and wonderful things, but one...
by Mir | Nov 26, 2010 | Job? Huh?, Retail Therapy
You are all nice. So nice! Ponies for everyone. Except now we have to go back to pretending everything is fine, because I can only think about the Not Fine stuff in short bursts, lest my brain melt. Today, for example, I am busy making Black Friday my bitch, and to...
by Mir | Nov 24, 2010 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Today I am grateful for the resilience of my youngest child; my baby, my heart, my sweet, sweet boy with the misfiring brain. I’m grateful he endured this without too much complaint: And then—because that wasn’t enough excitement—we followed it...
