by Mir | Jun 30, 2010 | Job? Huh?, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Yesterday I took Monkey to the post office with me to mail some packages. We frequent four different post offices, depending on where the errands of the day happen to take us, but yesterday we hit the one we go to most often, and the clerk recognized us. She chatted...
by Mir | Jun 29, 2010 | Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
It’s nearly July, in the third summer of my daughter’s Mystery Rash Saga, and we are still stumped. When we last left off, the doctors suspected sun allergy, but then in a follow-up phone call amended that to “maybe it’s just a sensitivity to...
by Mir | Jun 28, 2010 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
1) Whoever is “It” is not allowed to wear goggles. 2) Game may be delayed for prolonged argument between children as to whether wearing goggles on your FOREHEAD qualifies as “wearing goggles.” 3) Everyone has to play or someone is going to...
by Mir | Jun 26, 2010 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
The kids came back tonight, and they were taller and bigger and I couldn’t stop marveling at how just two weeks made them different. Monkey looked like he was gaining weight on the cruise, actually, and two more weeks of voracious eating have settled on his...
by Mir | Jun 25, 2010 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Hey, did you know I went on a cruise? Maybe I mentioned it? At some point? Yeah, still kind of riding that high. Anyway, if you want to hear EVEN MORE about the cruise, you could go listen to this podcast, where I’m chatting with longtime readers Patricia and...