by Mir | Mar 19, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
When I was pregnant with Chickadee, I knew she was a girl. I told her father I knew she was a girl, and he would always tell me that I had a 50/50 shot at being correct, and after she was confirmed to be a girl via ultrasound he quipped that if I gave birth to four...
by Mir | Mar 18, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
So I went back to my new chiropractor, Paul Bunyan, today. I willed myself not to laugh. I coached myself through the entire morning, then the drive over there, and while I was on the table. “Don’t laugh, don’t laugh, don’t laugh,” I...
by Mir | Mar 17, 2009 | Health is overrated
So, as I may have mentioned, I’ve been having a little trouble with my neck. On the one hand, it’s handy for sniping at the children. “STOP BEING A PAIN IN MY NECK!” I can grouse, pointing at my poor neck, ensuring their therapist can buy a...
by Mir | Mar 16, 2009 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Health is overrated
I am a deal-maker. I don’t know why. It’s just something I’m prone to, and always have been—I can’t even blame it on the kids. Life is one big if-then statement, in my world. And sometimes it makes sense, I guess. Some things do logically...
by Mir | Mar 15, 2009 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
I’m about to go wake up my kids. It’s 11:00. It’s 11:00 and my children are still asleep. My children were returned to me late last night and are still asleep at 11:00, which I am sure isn’t anything I can draw any conclusions about, because...
