by Mir | Mar 14, 2005 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Dear Mrs. Unpronounceable, I know that you’ve only been teaching first grade for… what is it? Fifty years? So probably I am the first parent in the history of your teaching career to allow her child to come to school in her pajamas. (Well, no; that seems...
by Mir | Mar 14, 2005 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Dear Mrs. Unpronounceable, This morning as I dragged around my 10-ton, phlegm-filled head, Chickadee commenced her usual morning routine of refusing to get out of bed and do any of the necessary before-school tasks. Rather than lose my temper, I decided it was time to...
by Mir | Mar 13, 2005 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Health is overrated
I fought the cold, and the cold won. *hack* *cough* *snort* We’re playing hooky from church. The children are thrilled (a little too thrilled, if you ask me). But I started losing my voice yesterday, and this morning as children circled my bed like wild animals,...
by Mir | Mar 11, 2005 | Job? Huh?
“We have a good time, but we work really hard. And have a good time, too.” This was what I heard, over and over, as I went through the interview process and early days at my new job. I thought to myself, Okay, this is What People Say. It’s code for...
by Mir | Mar 10, 2005 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
The hardest thing for me, since returning to work, is feeling like some days I barely see the kids. I think it’s safe to say that NONE of the three of us are morning people. Sure, Monkey used to bound into my room in the mornings and exude so much raw sunshine...
