As many of you know, sleeping is the one thing that I’m not very good at. There are actually PLENTY of things that I’m not good at but I just ignore those. Sleep, however, is hard to ignore. So what do I do when I can’t sleep? Mostly, I lie in bed and think about […]
Archives for January 2012
Taxi hailing adventures in New York City
OMG mes amis, I have so much to tell you about New York. I’ll start with this: the only thing missing is Greg. And I’m not just saying that to make him feel better about not being here. We – as in “us together” – would have such a blast here. Which is why we’ve […]
Because saying things out loud helps resolve the problem
At the risk of sounding completely delusional, my house is not happy. And when I say “not happy”, I don’t mean in a sad kind of way. I’m talking about that hairy-eyeball-look-you-get-from-your-dad kind of not happy. The kind he stares you down with because you’re seven and you just gave him the finger. Only you […]
Maybe I should retire from parenthood
T’was the night before tomorrow, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Until . . . “Mom did you know that mascara is made out of bat poop?” THIS is what my kids think about after I tuck them in at night???
This is not a real post
This is a pretend post. Partly because I know that it won’t fit on Twitter but mostly because I’m pretty sure that if my Facebook friends hear me talk about my new iPhone one more time, they’ll unfriend me. And when I say my Facebook friends, I’m including my kids – even though it took […]