by Mir | Sep 6, 2016 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
It’s been a pet peeve of mine for forever, the way people sometimes recoil from labels or admitting that there’s anything less-than-perfect about themselves or their special snowflakes. So it should come as no surprise that I have some things to say on the...
by Mir | Sep 2, 2016 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, What do I do all day?
Welcome to another episode of, “Well hello there, I am not in fact dead, I have just been busy elsewhere and also I suck.” I have baked things for Nerd Night! I have fitted one hundred smelly teenagers for band uniforms! (That’s not a slam; we do...
by Mir | Aug 24, 2016 | What do I do all day?
Otto has this thing about asking me how my day was. I mean, he really wants to know, I’m sure. But he asks when he gets home and he often asks at dinner and sometimes he asks when we sit down on the couch later to watch TV, and he almost always asks again when...
by Mir | Aug 17, 2016 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
After a summer that seemed to pass in a blink, we’re back on a school schedule that has Otto and Monkey heading out the door at 7:30, most days, and often not returning until late in the evening. Classes have started for Chickie, too, and she was kind enough to...
by Mir | Aug 15, 2016 | Dungeons & Dragons & Diabetes
After a long, harsh (not really) summer, Nerd Night has returned! Even that is a lie, sort of—there were sporadic Nerd Nights this summer, they just couldn’t do it every week. And actually, the current campaign started last week, but I was too busy trying...
