In a previous life, I ate babies

So here I am, navigating my day fairly well, I think. We made it through the night without further barfage. Monkey felt better today and wanted to go to school for his BIG! HOLIDAY! PIZZA! PARTY! so I got Chickadee settled on the couch with her trusty bucket and ran...

New syndrome

PTBD: Post-Traumatic Barf Disorder Characterized by an inability to walk past the “scene of the crime” without gagging.

Also seasonal, but much less festive

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...

Tis the season

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,...

Equal-opportunity inadequacy

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...

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