HOT
It’s hot. And our air conditioning hasn’t been serviced yet, so we are sweltering. The highs are in the upper 80s and the lows are in the upper 70s right now, and no break in sight. I bought some fans yesterday, three small high-velocity fans, and an oscillating tower fan. Keeping the living room and […]
Relief!
I have a list of things that I want to do before the kids go on this trip, because I am really worried about the flight risk with X. I’m not sure he could — or would — try it, but I’d like to avoid it if I can. I also worry that he will […]
Take Me Out to the Ball Game…
I may have mentioned before that I am not real good with sports. I ran track and cross country in high school, and I dated a couple of football players. That’s the extent of my sports knowledge and ability. But I’m learning fast. My kids are sports nuts. So we’ve played basketball for two seasons, […]
Treat a Single Mom on Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is a tough one for the single mom, especially if her kids are too young to plan treats for her. Either the single mom just ignores the day, or she goes through it as if it were just another day, generally. If you’d like to make Mother’s Day special for a single mom […]
Weekend’s Coming
Which is a good thing. This weekend sees the end of yet another of my time-takers, although it seems that a recurrent one will start up again on Saturday. If the rain stops. It’s been raining off and on for the past week. Rained out practise on Tuesday night, and may rain out Thursday’s as […]
Tired Today
I didn’t want to get out of bed when the alarm went off this morning. I don’t know why. I went to bed early, because I was completely exhausted. I tucked the kids into bed at 8:45 and myself at 9:15. I woke up at 4:45, did the bathroom — kitchen jaunt, and went back […]
I Wish I Understood…
Why people like places like MacAllister’s so much. If I’m going to go out somewhere and pay someone else to prepare my food, why, it had better be food I cannot prepare for myself. I can make a sandwich with deli meat any day of the week. I can make soup. I can make a […]
Friday, Thank Goodness
I’m glad it’s Friday for a number of reasons. It’s been a tough week at work, with multiple projects and lots of “urgent” requests. I’m tired. A couple of days away will be nice. My boss is out of town most of today, and all day Monday and Tuesday, so I can take that time […]
Depressed
This is turning out to be a pretty unpleasant week. I didn’t sleep well Sunday night or Monday night … partly because it’s so very hot, and partly because the offspring keep coming in to tell me they’re having nightmares. Tomorrow I have to go to the doctor, and I know he’s going to make […]
Pleasant Weekend
I like coming out of a weekend feeling that I accomplished some things and still had time to relax. I didn’t do just a whole lot of relaxing this weekend, but I accomplished a whole lot of things, and still played a little online Scrabble. I’ve already listed my accomplishments of Friday and Saturday. Sunday […]