Three of the kids woke up this morning at 5:44. For good. It was not the way I wanted to start off my day. It’s supposed to snow today again. Not a lot, just a couple of inches, but enough to be annoying. It’s cold out, and the weather for most of next week isn’t […]
Archives for January 2014
What exactly do you mean by “worse?”
I was talking with a couple friends yesterday about marriage vows. About how, when you are young, and in love, and childless, when those things you find so endearing about your husband or wife haven’t yet turned into those things you find so annoying about your husband and wife, how maybe it’s easier. The for […]
We relied on the help of friends.
A couple weeks ago I had a bit of a nervous breakdown. One of my friends really picked up on it. She organized a semi-intervention, rallied the troops, and sent in the cavalry to rescue me. I didn’t go down without a fight. My family needs me, I told my friend. Your family needs you […]
This lady is smiling for a reason.
I hate snow. And snow days. And early dismissals. And delayed openings. And snowpants. And mittens. And gloves. And sleeves that needed to be pulled down. There is just about no return on your investment for putting all that crap on a 2, 3, and 4-year-old. Because I don’t have those little kids who love […]
She’s no Mary Poppins, that’s for sure.
I still don’t totally know how to use my iPad. But I know how to use it to shut my kids up. They would stare at that thing and play games on it all day long if I allowed them to. I used to sit in judgement of parents who bought children under the age […]
I’m back.
Every time I have started to lose my mind, there has been one constant: Not. enough. sleep. The first time I landed in the nuthouse, I was in the midst of a 3-month-long case of insomnia. I just couldn’t sleep. And that sent me into a tailspin. The second time I landed in the nuthouse […]