L’Shana Tova!
L’shanah tovah tikatev v’taihatem to my gentleman readers, and L’shanah tovah tikatevi v’taihatemi to my lady readers. May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year. Today is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Share apples and honey with your family and eat a pomegranate today. The honey symbolizes a sweet year. And Heaven knows […]
Court Dates and Rank Tests and Other Insanity
So if the holidays weren’t complicated enough, yesterday I had to take a half-day off from work to go to court with the ex. And then I get down there, and he decides that, rather than going through the ordeal of actually appearing in court, he’ll work a deal with us there, in the corridor […]
What a Month!
So we worked it all out and the fence is up. Looks nice, and the kids and I are finding it lovely to be able to use our backyard without having to share it with snarling, slavering, vicious dogs. Then it was Thanksgiving, which was kind of crazy. Our family had the meal on the […]
I’ll Be Sick for Christmas
What a crummy Christmas weekend this turned out to be. I started feeling sick on Friday night, and by Saturday morning, I was miserable. I stayed in bed almost all day. Same on Sunday. On Monday, feeling slightly less horrible, I alternated between lying in bed and helping my parents get ready for Christmas. On […]
It’s the Most Busiest Time of the Year
Yeah, so, I used an improperly constructed superlative. The Grammar Guru is on vacation. It’s hopping around here. We spent last weekend in various pursuits. I helped teach a CPR class on Saturday — my first in nearly two years. If I didn’t teach one before the end of this year, I’d have lost my […]
Fun With the Boys
My sons and I are really enjoying this week off. We’re still doing school-work, of course, but once that’s done for the day, we can have fun. Today’s plan is to go to the zoo, if it’s not raining. Yesterday, we had a luncheon and a doctor’s appointment, and then we went to Chuck E. […]
WHAT a Morning!
I had the most unspeakably bad start to my day, culminating in me being late to work. Somehow, it never occurred to me that today is Good Friday. I forgot that X was picking up the kids on Good Friday to have some extra time with them, as he’s off work. So I’m walking out […]
Valentine’s Day Sux
Even when I was married, it sucked. In fact, to find a non-sucky V-day, I have to remember back to when I was about four. My mom always made V-day special at home, with cards, candy from the “fancy” candy store, a special dinner, etc. She still does, and the part of V-day that I […]
A Long Weekend
This is going to be a great weekend. Since my parents will be out of town celebrating V-day, I took off from work to take care of the kids. We’re going to get up really early and take the car to the mechanic. We have to wait there while the oil change and tune-up are […]
There Is Hope!
We got a lot done yesterday — well, a lot compared to how things have been going, though I am still not up to the energy and stamina I had before that thrice-cursed wreck eighteen months ago. We cleaned, dusted, swept, and wet-mopped the boys’ bedroom and the bathrooms. We folded and put away all […]