by Mir | Dec 28, 2007 | Health is overrated, My name is Grumplestiltskin
… until somebody ruptures an eardrum! (What, your family doesn’t have that rule?) Oh, I kid. No one has a ruptured eardrum. I just WISH I had a ruptured eardrum. So, um, remember that cold I had? My cold that was getting better? My cold that suddenly...
by Mir | Dec 27, 2007 | Ottomatic For the People, What do I do all day?
In the same kitchen where two small children are playing Connect Four with wild abandon (and seeming obliviousness to the fact that this was a really cool toy when WE were kids), there are four adults. Between the grown-ups, there are three computers, two cell phones,...
by Mir | Dec 26, 2007 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Good morning! I hope your Christmas was completely awesome. Mine was, except today I am realizing that a few days of not enough sleep + eating whatever looks good + sure, I’ll have another glass of wine + oh yes, more coffee, please = my body begging for mercy....
by Mir | Dec 24, 2007 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
The cot did finally show up at the motel, which was awesome because the kids fell asleep right away. And then there couldn’t have been more than three separate incidents of people having loud conversations either out in the hallway or underneath our window...
by Mir | Dec 22, 2007 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Actually, we are not QUITE in Allentown, but we are close; and we are at a motel which rhymes with SUPERGREAT where I have paid an extra $10 for a cot for a certain small boy who would really like to go to bed, but the cot still isn’t here, because, well, things...
