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 […]
Good Friends Make Life Better
I’m a busy mom, home-schooling and working full-time. All three of us take karate — me and Soccer Boy on Tuesdays, and all three of us on Thursdays. We have a fabulous karate teacher — actually two. And, to my complete surprise, one of them has become a very good friend in a very short […]
Karate, Boy Scouts, and Soccer, Oh My!
We are so busy with different things right now that I’m not keeping up too well with blogs and other “extra-curricular” activities. But we are all happy and having fun, so I guess it’s a good trade-off. Karate. Last Friday night, the children and I passed our karate rank tests, and advanced from white belt […]
Drama, Bad News, Rock Bottom
“I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized and I was still alive … and so, rock bottom became the foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” — JK Rowling, commencement address to Harvard University, June 2008 Rock Bottom. That’s where I am. But before you can know why, you need some […]