by Mir | Aug 2, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Sometimes I think that Hollywood primes us to expect every life experience to have a Very Special Lesson or moment of tidy resolution at the end. Life isn’t always like that. Life is unpredictable and messy and full of cliffhangers that never get resolved. Life...
by Mir | Aug 1, 2011 | Health is overrated, I'm dating the television
On Friday night I collapsed into bed feeling decidedly off. It had been a long day and we’d been out in the heat and I figured I was just hot and tired. But on Saturday morning I dragged myself out of bed and was considering a nap about five minutes later....
by Mir | Jul 30, 2011 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
So Chickadee made it through band camp without incident. I’m not gonna lie, we were pleasantly surprised. It is HOT and GRUELING and there were plenty of texts about who’d passed out and how sick she felt and more than a little angst over the enormity of...
by Mir | Jul 28, 2011 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
To recap: Monkey had to leave his social skills group last week, but this week he was allowed to return for the last session. There were apologies all around and he made a special effort to play nicely with the kid he clobbered last week, and as it was the wrap-up and...
by Mir | Jul 27, 2011 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Health is overrated
Hey, remember back when a group of us got together and started Five Full Plates and vowed to lose weight and exercise more and clean up our homes and face our fears and generally become better, smarter, faster, and thinner than ever before? That was fun. During the...
