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Want to hear something kind of mushy and pathetic? The husband was out of town the last two nights, therefore I couldn’t get to sleep. I guess when you sleep with someone most nights for 10 years, not having them next to you is distracting. Wednesday night, I tossed and turned until after 2 a.m. [...] Both my grandmother and the husband’s grandmother regularly sport house dresses, or “hahs dresses” as they pronounce them. They might also call them “dusters” from time to time. They’re loose, knee or calf-length dresses in a light, feminine fabric and often feature a zipper closure in the front. They’re worn for housework and general [...] My poor kiddo was sick over the weekend. Indeed, his ailments on Mother’s Day got a little worse before they got better. He doesn’t have asthma, but his lungs seem to be especially prone to congestion and nastiness whenever he gets a cold. Saturday he seemed to be sniffling more than usual (we’re all kind of [...] This morning, I admitted something to myself: I’m neurotic about lunch. And, like any good mother, I blame my son for this. He’s a picky eater, though much MUCH better than he used to be. But at any given time, the list of things that he will eat for lunch is pretty short. So, I’m always trying [...] I shouldn’t call it punishment, but sometimes it feels like it. I’m doing Couch to 5k. I finished my third week on Saturday and I’m honestly kind of surprised that I’ve made it this far. The first few days I thought for sure that I would die, but I can actually feel myself getting stronger bit [...] Last week, I opened the door to hustle the baby to the bus stop, and gasped when I saw a big, flat package on the porch. My diploma. My Master’s degree. Live and in the flesh paper-and-faux-leather-case. Faced with a cartoonish amount of student debt (when I think of the total, which I’ve been advised not to [...] I don’t know what I think about fate and powers greater than us and whatnot. I know that the universe is not something that I can comprehend but that sometimes it seems to work for a minute or two. With me trying desperately to get out of the emotional k-hole that I had been in, the [...] So, it’s been *checks watch* two weeks since I posted here last. I knew that I was going to make time to do so today and thought about a few different approaches: pick up with a goofy story like I haven’t been silent for days, explain some of the messy contents of my life. I don’t [...] The other night, I had just drifted off to sleep. Our cat was curled up against my tummy, purring away and giving me some extra warmth. I was reaching that really good point of sleep when a small, familiar voice woke me up with a phrase that always makes me panic: “Mum. I don’t feel so [...] It began to snow. “Listen – that soft, tinkling sound – like tiny, crispy shards of glass shattering on the snow.” “You know what it is?” “What?” “That sound…It’s the STATIC being discharged by each snowflake because the air is so dry.” – Blankets One night, a few weeks ago, when the snow was still above my knees, I walked to [...]  |
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