by Mir | Mar 24, 2011 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Here’s a real tragedy for you—this year Pi Day fell during spring break. This was quite disappointing to my nerdlings, but fortunately my son’s math teacher recognized it for the tragedy that it was, and deemed the first day back to the school the...
by Mir | Mar 23, 2011 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
There are days when I feel like I only exist to disappoint my kids. And not the yeah-no-we’re-not-going-to-stay-up-late-and-eat-candy sorts of disappointments, which—truth be told—I rather delight in. When my kids want something unreasonable,...
by Mir | Mar 22, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I have trust issues. (Okay, let’s be clear: I have LOTS of issues, all over the place. Not saying my only issues are with trust. But if I get into the rest of it, we’ll be here all day. Possibly all week.) Anyway. I realized while writing yesterday’s...
by Mir | Mar 21, 2011 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
I’ve found myself talking about this in blog comments a lot, lately, and with friends, too. I think it bears a bit of probing, because I remain absolutely astounded at the number of otherwise kind and intelligent people who just Do Not Get It. The theory is...
by Mir | Mar 19, 2011 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I don’t know where the time went, but suddenly it’s baseball season again, and Monkey came back from his trip with his dad just in time to come play. The problem, of course, is that Monkey and Lemur haven’t seen each other for a WHOLE WEEK, which...
