The worst case scenario
on Nov 13, 2009 in Uncategorized My 7-year old is sick.  She’s been sniffly all week, but last night she complained that her arms, legs, head and pinkie finger hurt.  I am deeply in denial that the flu can affect my family, but this sounded suspiciously fluish.  Especially...

Grateful
on Nov 11, 2009 in Uncategorized It’s 1:28 a.m. and I’m trying to think of something worth writing about. I just erased a whole paragraph about how many I women I know who are pregnant.  (Five.) (FIVE!) Tomorrow there is no school due to Veteran’s Day.  I am thri...

Where late and early converge
on Nov 5, 2009 in Uncategorized I cannot remember what I wrote here last.  Something about a spilled Super Big Gulp?  If so, that means the last time I wrote something was Monday night. On Tuesday, I was an unofficial chaperone for a first-grade field trip to a Children’s M...

Do not tell my husband I spilled a whole Super Big Gulp in his car
on Nov 3, 2009 in Uncategorized Today is my sort-of day off.  I’ve arranged my schedule so I work six nights a week, but I have off Saturdays, all day Sunday (until 9 p.m.) and except for an hour on Monday mornings, the rest of Mondays off (until 9  p.m.).  All told, I wor...

Plans, shmans: Why I’m not getting anything done
on Oct 29, 2009 in Uncategorized I’ve scarcely left my house since last weekend.  My job responsibilities (for an online company) have increased recently and I keep accidentally working an extra hour or two each day.  I honestly don’t mean to, but then I look up and in...

Friday
on Oct 24, 2009 in Uncategorized Continuing my trend of forgetting things, I completely failed to purchase and prepare snacks for my daughter’s soccer game tomorrow.  I have to provide sliced oranges for half-time and a post-game snack for the six girls on the team.  Hence,...

I found out it was Thursday at 11:14 a.m. today
on Oct 23, 2009 in Uncategorized A day or two ago, my 11-year old son let me know that he needed a gray cape for school tomorrow. Why? Because he’s going to be “SuperZach” for Superhero Day at school. (Who makes these things up? Spirit Week? Why, why?) That...

Questions and answers
on Oct 22, 2009 in Uncategorized She had hiccups.  She could not stop talking about the hiccups.  Consequently, I could not stop listening to her talk about hiccups.  We were driving down the road, so I was captive to her chatter. She repeated her talking points: 1)  I’ve...

A life of glamour and papercuts. Well, no glamour and just one papercut.
on Oct 14, 2009 in Uncategorized I’ve been home for two days now and haven’t cooked a decent dinner yet.  It’s not that I don’t want to cook a decent dinner.  The problem is a lack of planning and time.  Tomorrow I am going to plop some frozen chicken brea...

Driving away in a red Cadillac
on Oct 9, 2009 in Uncategorized Tomorrow, I am driving to a chalet in Mt. Baker with my friend, Cari.  We are joining a bunch of women on a scrapbooking retreat.  Scoff if you must, but my photographs are in chronological order from 1993 until 2005. Aside from the scrapbooking, I...