by Mir | Jun 17, 2004 | Irreconcilable Differences
(Or, “How To Make Something Really Simple Incredibly Complicated.”) When I was married, packing the kids for a visit to the in-laws meant locating an appropriate piece of luggage and filling it with clothes and some other stuff. It might’ve taken...
by Mir | Jun 17, 2004 | Health is overrated
Would you like to know how much five days of cream for “elevated white blood cells in the cervical mucus” costs after insurance? Of course you would! $20.00. For five days. Though technically, I will only use it for four days, as yesterday I gave up...
by Mir | Jun 17, 2004 | Detritus
Stolen from Oliquig, found here. This is apropos of nothing at all except it seemed kinda cool and I am still recuperating from yesterday’s adventure, plus I have a ton of stuff I should be doing other than blogging, today. (Like, say, doin’ the...
by Mir | Jun 16, 2004 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
(With my apologies to Judith Viorst. And my apologies to everyone who reads me, because I really have turned into quite the whiner of late.) Ladies, do you ever have that… not-so-fresh feeling? (Guys, take this as your cue to exit now if you are squeamish.)...
by Mir | Jun 16, 2004 | Health is overrated
I take back any complaint I may have made–tacit or implicit–about my children’s behavior yesterday. They are angels. Shortly after I finished writing yesterday afternoon, it started. “Mama, my tummy hurts.” “My tummy hurts, too,...