A kid-free weekend: Let me count the ways
2: hours we traveled out of our way (but at least the forest/lake scenery was prettier than the endless farms that we should have been passing, had we not missed our turn) 1: sign I saw that caused me...
View ArticleWhy don’t you just let him cry?
How about because I’m not a heartless bitch? How about because he’s a tiny baby and he needs me? How about because I didn’t sign up for the shortcut route to motherhood, aka “how to ignore your...
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Rosy-fingered haiku
Small boy up at dawnDeclares “Mommy, it’s oh-clock!”Abandon all hope
View ArticleBedtime non sequiturs
Mommy! Where do rabbits live? My favorite large construction machine: is a forklift. Later can we go to the airport? Mommy! Did you know, that in Star Wars, Luke Skywalker’s uncle’s name is Owen? My...
View ArticleSleep is for suckers!
1. My review of mom-blog-thology Sleep Is for the Weak is up today at The Full Mommy. 2. Speaking of sleep, my son is trying to kill me. No matter what we try, it takes an hour to put him to bed. An...
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Will you still need me, will you still feed me?
Last night I made my son two reckless promises: That he would not die until he is a hundred years old, and that when he did, I’d still be with him. We were listening to a Classical Kids CD called Mr....
View ArticleDo. not. disturb.
If there is one thing you can do to really, really make me mad, that is interfere with my sleep. That includes you, offspring over the age of two (she says, generously). What I would like is some kind...
View ArticleJust another night in paradise
(or, just another mommyblog post) 10:47 p.m.: Decide I’ve done enough even though project is not complete; sleep more important. 11:03 p.m.: Actually shut down computer. 16 minutes: Possibly a record....
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Add an hour, add a day
Yesterday I was supposed to go on a day trip with an organization for which I volunteer. I’d been gone overnight a week earlier, I had a really tedious, time-consuming project to finish this past week,...
View ArticleSleep cooking
This happens to me alllll the time. As I am dropping off to sleep, I think of something I really, really want to blog about. A stupendous, monumentous idea. I draft practically the whole thing in my...
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