I Love a Vacation
I’m going to be working hard over the Thanksgiving weekend, but not at the office. Don’t get me wrong, I love my job. But daylight saving time is over, and I get up in the dark, drive to the office shortly after sunrise, and leave the office shortly before sunset. I see the sun and […]
Thank Goodness!
I ran out of checks today when I was paying the bills. Normally, this is not a problem. I go to the safe and pull out a new book of checks and I’m back in business. Only there were no new checks in the safe! After a moment of sheer panic, I thought, If ever […]
Gevalt!
I’m sick. I don’t mean just “ugh, I don’t feel all that great” sick. I mean, so sick I’ve been in bed since 7 p.m. Wednesday, with a brief attempt to go to work Thursday morning and a trip to the doctor on Thursday afternoon being the only times I’ve been up until this evening. […]
Kids Do the Darndest Things!
I don’t know what it is about Opening Night of a play that brings out the weird in my family. My church’s annual musical revue, a fundraiser for the organ fund, opened tonight. So last night was dress rehearsal. I had planned to take the kids, since this weekend is a visitation one, but then […]
Sometimes, It’s Funny
So my last post related the story of the visitation weekend when my kids had a soccer game and church responsibilities and the ex wanted to take a “day trip” to a town six hours away to meet his brothers, who were in Atlanta and would like to meet him halfway. After a lot of […]
The Fight Goes On…
If it isn’t one thing with my X, it’s another. Right now, there’s tension on two fronts. First is the ongoing battle about the correct amount of child support. He got a new job making double what he used to make, and his lawyer claimed that he only had to pay $20 a month more. […]
Unexpected Consequences of Large Families
My grandma is the youngest of thirteen kids. All but two have lived to be in their 80s or more. As she is the youngest, she is subjected to the dubious honour of watching her parents and siblings pass away before her. Her sister died Saturday. She is the fourth or fifth to die in […]
BURNED!
Yeah, I got totally baked this afternoon. Number one son had a baseball game today, but it was in the early afternoon (2 p.m.) rather than mid-morning, as we are accustomed to. I had errands to run this morning, so I left the kids with my parents and breezed back home just in time to […]
Restful Day
Today was very quiet and restful. I woke up tired and sore, and with a sore throat, so we didn’t go to church. I want to make sure that Lobster Boy is completely free from Scarlet Fever before we get up close and personal with folks again anyway. So we puttered around the house all […]