by Mir | Oct 5, 2005 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
If I hadn’t done so many hours of work beforehand and then so many hours of work afterwards, I might have enough remaining brain cells to question the wisdom of taking the children apple-picking and then returning home to allow them a dinner of copious amounts...
by Mir | Oct 4, 2005 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
It is a general rule of thumb that if you are the parent of a child with “issues,” you are not necessarily filled with joy when a teacher or other school official asks for your attention. I’m not saying that this is always an occasion for bad...
by Mir | Oct 3, 2005 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
The flip side of being easily irritated (what? what?? you have some sort of problem with that???) is that I am often also very easily amused. To wit: This morning on the way to school, Monkey announced that he had a VERY FUNNY JOKE to tell me. This always fills me...
by Mir | Oct 2, 2005 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
I’m pleased to report that with the expert assistance of a friend, my new computer is now fully operational. This morning I dove under my desk and first chiselled away at the drifts of dust bunnies, then started untangling cords and unhooking the limping...
by Mir | Oct 1, 2005 | Job? Huh?
Today I foisted two sleep-deprived children upon their father so that I could spend some quality time freaking right the hell out about how much time I spent coughing and sleeping and generally NOT WORKING last week. The girlchild was literally curled up in the corner...
