by Mir | Mar 24, 2010 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, My name is Grumplestiltskin
Oh, public school. Our love affair has trod upon a very rocky road, but I always come back to you. I’m starting to feel a little like a battered wife, but I come back! Because I love you! And you love me! Rather, you love my children. Sometimes. You certainly...
by Mir | Mar 23, 2010 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Early Dismissal (school definition): The three days in a row set aside for parent-teacher conferences when school lets out after just half a day. This process is designed to facilitate greater teacher-parent interfacing and to accommodate everyone’s scheduling...
by Mir | Mar 22, 2010 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I am often guilty of catastrophizing when it comes to the children. More specifically, I am guilty of catastrophizing when it comes to Monkey. I mean, I’m more or less at peace with Chickadee’s sociopathic tendencies; I feel confident that she’ll...
by Mir | Mar 19, 2010 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, What do I do all day?
Sometimes I read the kinds of blog where people are all, “And over here you can see the Battant Ornithorynque lamp we picked out while vacationing in the south of France. I think it provides the perfect accent to the small table below it, which I created one...
by Mir | Mar 18, 2010 | Ottomatic For the People
Just now: Him: Leaving the building. Will get something for dinner. Anything else we need? Me: Um… world peace? And a bag of spinach. Him: What if they’re out of spinach? Will just world peace be okay? (This is why I married him. He makes me laugh, every...
