by Mir | Jun 24, 2008 | Health is overrated, My name is Grumplestiltskin, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
So, um, it turns out that my daughter has a highly contagious skin virus called Molloscum Contagiosum. She did not appreciate the various jokes I cracked, asking her when she’d become a marine invertebrate, so I switched to shouting “MOLLOSCUM...
by Mir | Jun 23, 2008 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
This is the part of our story where the children have returned, and Otto has returned, and the cartoon bluebirds sing and all is well and easy and back to normal, hallelujah and amen! Except that this is ME, so nothing is ever that easy. Of course. Really, that sort...
by Mir | Jun 21, 2008 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
The children arrived home, today, after the two longest weeks of my life. Believe it or not, they’ve never been gone from me for that long before. Ever. Honestly, I think I did pretty well. Sure, I had to demolish my entire dining room and paint fifty-seven...
by Mir | Jun 20, 2008 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", What do I do all day?
Technically, I think I may be on the fifth or sixth or EIGHTY GAZILLIONTH verse, when it comes to the never-ending process of painting the dining room, but I do rather feel like a hamster on a wheel, at this point. Get up. Check email. Do some work. Paint. Do some...
by Mir | Jun 19, 2008 | What do I do all day?
Or, This Is What Happens When Otto Isn’t Here For Me To Yammer At. Or, Things I Thought About While Stretched Out Right In The Middle Of Our King-Sized Bed This Morning. Or, If It Wasn’t Really My Life You’d Think It Was Crappy Fiction. Hey,...
