by Mir | Dec 22, 2004 | Health is overrated
PTBD: Post-Traumatic Barf Disorder Characterized by an inability to walk past the “scene of the crime” without gagging.
by Mir | Dec 21, 2004 | Health is overrated
I spent the day at home, trying to entertain an exhausted and still-coughing boychild. I thought the evening would be an improvement. That was before I found myself in the bathroom scrubbing vomit from the grout, having this tender exchange with my other child: Me: DO...
by Mir | Dec 21, 2004 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
On the first day of Christmas, my children gave to me… squabbling over arranging the nativity! On the second day of Christmas, my children gave to me… two class parties to bake for, and squabbling over arranging the nativity! On the third day of Christmas,...
by Mir | Dec 20, 2004 | What do I do all day?
So my dad, he’s got some sort of virus, who knows what. Not a huge deal, but he had a fever and looked kinda pasty and whatnot this morning. Plus we had our first big storm and it was all snowy and gross and the news was all “Hey! It’s snowing! And...
by Mir | Dec 19, 2004 | Health is overrated
Ask me how the concert was. Go on, ask. You know you want to. Okay, I’ll tell you. The concert was fine. Mostly. Except that shortly before my piece I noticed my father was conspicuously absent, and by the time we were assembling to start, he wasn’t back....