by Mir | Mar 25, 2010 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
It’s Love Thursday, and lately I’ve felt like Thursday leaves me anxious about finding JUST THE RIGHT THING that is, you know, PROFOUND ENOUGH to pass muster. Which is silly, of course, both because if profundity is the measuring stick by which I’m...
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...
