by Mir | Mar 27, 2012 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
I told someone yesterday that if our life right now was a novel or a movie, I’d be rolling my eyes at how unrealistic it is, because NO ONE has luck that bad. It’s just not believable. In other words: How was your weekend? Ours involved The Hunger Games,...
by Mir | Mar 24, 2012 | Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Woohoo!
The last few days have kind of beaten me down, which you wouldn’t think would be possible, given that I keep (stupidly) thinking to myself, “Well, it’s not like things can get any WORSE.” HAHAHAHA. HA. Chickadee just scored herself a sports...
by Mir | Mar 22, 2012 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Monkey is back to school again, leaving a trail of sodden, wadded up Kleenex behind him where he goes. (Dear Hippie School: I’m sorry. I’ll send in some hand sanitizer.) Chickadee is also at school—inbetween the doctors’...
by Mir | Mar 20, 2012 | Health is overrated, My name is Grumplestiltskin, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I was feeling pretty good yesterday, which was surely my first mistake. Sure, the pollen count is SO HIGH (how high is it?) that no one can breathe, but whatever. Details. Yesterday evening Chickadee commenced falling into giant chunks of woe and sickness, and the...
by Mir | Mar 19, 2012 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Health is overrated
In the continuing saga of My Oh My What Exactly IS Wrong With This Chickadee Kid, Anyway… a while back one of her doctors sent us to another doctor who sent us to a third doctor. And she told two friends, and they told two friends, and so on, and so on,...