by Mir | Oct 6, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
… of the puke. That’s pretty much dog ownership (or parenthood) in a nutshell, right? When Monkey was a baby, we made up a song about him to the tune of Daisy Bell. I’m deeply aggrieved this morning that I can’t remember the whole thing, but I...
by Mir | Oct 5, 2009 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
[Before I tell you this, can I just tell you that the comments on the previous entry have had me in stitches for hours? Next year I’m going to suggest that the students analyze the rockingness of my readers.] Yesterday, for some reason, the family was...
by Mir | Oct 4, 2009 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
Because my husband is a professor at this here big local university, and because I have befriended lots of other professors at said university, and because I am a giver, I oftentimes do things FOR THE CHILDREN (meaning the children who are old enough to smoke, drink,...
by Mir | Oct 1, 2009 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, What do I do all day?
I was really hoping that August was going to be The Month Of Suck and then September would be an improvement; then I was hoping that September was just Suckage: The Continuing Saga, and October would be The Month That Everything Magically Got Better. As I write this,...
by Mir | Sep 30, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
When I was younger I kept a journal for years and years, and about 80% of it was grumbling and angst and violent fantasies about things I would do and say if the world was a different kind of place. (Why waste energy dreaming of a world where my angst didn’t...
