by Mir | Sep 25, 2007 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, The Year of Living Changerously
I am going senile. Not only did I use “Meanwhile, back at the ranch” as a post title once before, I used it only about a month ago. I never would’ve even realized this, except that I happened to notice that the permalink for yesterday’s post...
by Mir | Sep 24, 2007 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Ottomatic For the People, What do I do all day?
The children seemed largely unbothered by Otto’s absence this weekend, but they were on him the second he walked in the door, yesterday, to fill him in on everything he’d missed. There was soccer! And Sonic! And some things they’d watched on TV! And...
by Mir | Sep 22, 2007 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Well, I suppose we knew it couldn’t last. Despite a triumphant victory last week, Monkey’s soccer team didn’t fare quite so well this week. Today there was a lot of parents on the sidelines saying things like “Good try!” and “Spread...
by Mir | Sep 21, 2007 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Lately, by the time I get to Friday, I’m lucky if I can still speak in complete sentences. I pack the kids off to school and return home to curl up with my laptop, and after a while I discover that I’ve been sipping my tea and staring at my wall for...
by Mir | Sep 20, 2007 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
There are things in this life I hope that my children will learn, but due to the various laws of parenting and physics, if/when I share these nuggets of wisdom with my cherished progeny, all they glean from it is “WAA WAA WAA WAA.” While I hope to stick...
