by Mir | Mar 31, 2016 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I’ve been whining about our unfinished bathroom for… several weeks, at least, by now. What a mess! What an inconvenience! A first world problem, to be sure, but ugh. So annoying. And I’ve been trying really, really hard to gain some perspective on...
by Mir | Mar 28, 2016 | Dungeons & Dragons & Diabetes
For two weeks in a row, now, there hasn’t been Nerd Night. This would be a Major Crisis, but fortunately yesterday (for Easter) we found ourselves at a gathering that included most of the Nerd Night crew. So: no official game, but at least the kids got to hang...
by Mir | Mar 23, 2016 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Greetings from Day 17 of our 5-day bathroom remodel. HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA. HAAAAAAA. HA. Ahem. It was the vanity, you see. Not vanity like hubris sort of vanity, but the physical cabinet/counter/sink thingie, and it was backordered, and so we had to wait. I mean,...
by Mir | Mar 21, 2016 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
… all I have for you today is this. (There was no Nerd Night this weekend, alas.) Monkey began texting me about some injustice in class, but it quickly devolved into the following. And for the record, this went on for quite a while even after this. It’s a...
by Mir | Mar 18, 2016 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Oh look! Something furry!!
“Hey Mir,” you say, because you think it’s funny by now, “is your bathroom renovation done?” “Ha!” I reply. “HahahaHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!” I howl, and eventually you run in the other direction because I am a...
