by Mir | Feb 17, 2009 | Health is overrated
So, um, I was doing really well with my whole Wii Fit exercise regime right up until I got sick. And then I didn’t work out for a couple of weeks, because first I wasn’t well enough and then I just didn’t want to overtax myself while I was...
by Mir | Feb 16, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Apparently I’m a little hard on the keyboard. I think I type with a normal amount of pressure, but then again, I thought I was writing completely normally back in school when one of my teachers commented that if I was pressing hard enough to leave indentations...
by Mir | Feb 14, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Ottomatic For the People, Woohoo!
I did get some chocolate today. In a heart-shaped box, even. And it’s very nice, and all. But I also got my kids giving my husband a card onto which they had recorded a “WE LOVE YOU OTTOOOOOOOOOOOO!!” message that prefaced a recording of “We...
by Mir | Feb 12, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I hadn’t been in to volunteer in the classroom this year, yet. I’m not sure how that happened, but it became immediately apparent when I walked in and was struck—as I always am—but how HUNGRY so many of these kids are for attention and to...
by Mir | Feb 11, 2009 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I have endless guilt when it comes to my children. ENDLESS. I have guilt over the genetic things I either know or fear they’ve inherited from me or their dad. I’m not even talking about deadly disease sorts of things—I feel guilty that...
