It’s the first full payday in forever. Making a list is fun, admitting I’m going to run out of money before I hit the bottom of it, not so much. I must buy Hope a bed, though. Before she convinces someone she’s got it worse than Cinderella before her prince, sleeping on couch cushions on […]
I was starting to recover. I wasn’t napping every day when I got home for a few days there. But now we’re back to it. It’s either nap and have an hour or two of actual consciousness before bedtime–or not nap, and spend the evening staring stupidly at whatever’s in front of me, waiting for
I made it. I survived the first day of school. I’m still surfing the tsunami. Yeah, the piles are getting higher, but I still know where everything (mostly) is, and I’m not letting anything pile up horribly to be dealt with later (yet.) I’m trying really hard to stay on top of things, and so
Yeah, not much of my day crept by, let me tell you. I doubt I’ll ever get used to the really important things people leave till the last possible second. Umm, hello? Did you want to keep the kids at home when there’s free baby-sitting at the school? Even my twenty-minute for-survival nap when I
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I had a headache today that just got worse the more I tried to treat it. Not even chocolate helped. I wandered around trying to accomplish things for hours, then finally gave up and took a nap. That backed it off enough I could realize how bad it had been–and how much of my day
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Movie night again! Bly and I decided to catch up on our “you call yourself a fantasy fan?” required viewing. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and then Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Narnia was incredible. Clearly made by someone who knows and loves the books. I didn’t pay much attention, so
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It’s Friday. School starts Tuesday. Maybe you should look into getting your kid registered. Ya think? It’s no wonder these kids have such a hard time coming to class prepared. Look at who is teaching them basic survival. Just a hint, guys–if you don’t know what you need to register your kid, calling ahead might