A couple weeks ago I had one of the worst mornings I’ve had with the kids in a long time. A LOOOOOOOONG time. They were at each other’s throats, pushing buttons relentlessly and doing whatever they could to piss each other off. We had multiple massive meltdowns before 7:30 a.m., and I all but dragged […]
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Yesterday Was The Nail In The Coffin
I reached a breaking point yesterday. AND I AM DONE. No, it wasn’t with my kids. It wasn’t with my husband. It was with the level of chaos and disorganization and clutter and mess I often allow in my house. I will no longer tolerate it. Let me tell you why. I have to rewind […]
Disorganization Is Making Your Job (Much) Harder
The longer I am a mom, the more it becomes clear that a lot of the exasperation I experience on a daily basis is my own doing. I am frustrating and exasperating myself. Which makes me more frustrated and exasperated. I suppose somebody could have pointed this out to me ten years ago (somebody probably […]
I know it’s around here somewhere…
So I’ve been wanting to tell you this story from the marathon. If you didn’t read the recap of that day, you can read that here. Since the Boston Marathon bombing, security measures at these big races have become pretty strict, and you can’t carry a backpack into the villages where you wait before the race […]