by Mir | May 21, 2013 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Oh look! Something furry!!
Summer vacation, man. Things are crazy already, and it’s only the second day. I think tomorrow I’ll be able to direct you to a post about my summer philosophy (spoiler: Now with fewer Give A Craps!), but for today all I can tell you is that we ate all the...
by Mir | May 20, 2013 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
We knew, not even very far into it, that fixing the pool was yet another Curse Of Casa Mir project, doomed from the start. What could go wrong, would go wrong. Obviously. Much went wrong. So much went wrong, they had to redo the liner entirely, which meant the first...
by Mir | May 17, 2013 | What do I do all day?
Some days I have a ton of work to do, deadlines coming out of my ears, and also there is laundry to be done and the kitchen is a mess and the dog needs a bath and my children are needy in various ways, and because I am a professional and also a master of life balance...
by Mir | May 16, 2013 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
3:01 AM: Huh. I appear to be awake. 3:03 AM: I’m still awake. Do I have to pee? Maybe I have to pee. I think I have to pee. But if I get up, then I’ll never fall asleep again. 3:05 AM: I probably don’t really have to pee. If I just lie here quietly...
by Mir | May 14, 2013 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
So in the midst of everything else, we thought it would be a supergreat and totally not at all crazy idea to change Monkey’s schooling YET AGAIN. Because what Aspies love more than anything else is CHANGE! Yes. Except no. And lord knows things have just been SO...