by Mir | Dec 18, 2005 | What do I do all day?
After not nearly enough practice, today was the day for my church choir to sing our Christmas cantata. Twice. Normally I go to the 10:30 service, but there’s also an early service. So today I had to be at church at 8:00. I’m sorry, let me say that again,...
by Mir | Dec 17, 2005 | Health is overrated
It’s been nearly two weeks since I totalled our beloved Sylvia, and by most accounts the memory is fading on schedule. I haven’t had a nightmare about the collision for three whole nights in a row! Monkey has stopped having nightmares and has sprouted...
by Mir | Dec 15, 2005 | Job? Huh?
I got to play grown-up today, the key word being “play” because it’s all an act. Sometimes I think I overestimate my awkwardness, or overstate how casually I tend to dress when I’m working at home and only going out to take the kids to school....
by Mir | Dec 14, 2005 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
It was 7 degrees outside this morning when I took the kids to school. I still haven’t thawed. Thus begins the official season of me spending the next 5 months huddled next to the heating vent, applying hand lotion in a crazed, obsessive manner. No matter how...
by Mir | Dec 13, 2005 | What do I do all day?
You know what I don’t like about working for myself? Constantly having to peddle myself, working at all hours, no free office supplies, sometimes averaging somewhere around a dime an hour because I’m either slow or a perfectionist or a slow...
