If there's one way to make a person hate humanity, it's attempting to shop in Union Square on a Friday afternoon before Christmas.  Mom needed some new clothes, and we usually get together on Fridays so we figured, why not?  Ugh, we learned even before we parked.  The crowds were insane, people were rude, and everything took fifty times longer than ( Read more... )

Maybe my journaling skills are rusty?  I haven't even written much in paper journals in ages.  This from someone who would journal most days on paper, and fairly regularly here for a while.  I'm not sure exactly what that's about.  Okay, that's bull - I know exactly what that's about.  I'm tired at the end of the day - which is the only kid-free ( Read more... )

I spent a good portion of the day thinking about what I was going to write tonight.  More like last night?  Kid stories?  As I dozed with Miriam this afternoon, I had some hazy thoughts about horizons, borderlands between two places - birth and death and sleep ( Read more... )

So it's the third day of holidailies and I feel like I'm just skimming the surface.  Of my brain, my life.  It's not like there's nothing going on.  It's not like all I think about is the kids.  Maybe that's just easier ( Read more... )

Finally I am feeling better.  I haven't needed to take ibuprofen to eat for the first time since last Wednesday.  My throat was a little sore, especially when I ate a couple of oranges, but it was bearable, without meds.  I had an appetite, though not much of one.  I had energy.  I was in a good mood for most of the day, and even started feeling ( Read more... )

Ah, here we are again, the one time of year when I make a valiant attempt to update my journal every day.  Every single day.  I don't think I've done that for 30 days in a row since the last time I participated, which seems to be in 2009.  (I guess I made two entries in 2010?  Weird.)  So let's see if I can do it again, shall we?  Two kids, one ( Read more... )

I can't believe how long it's been since I posted.  Miss M is growing by leaps and bounds and I've barely mentioned any of it.  Nothing like when Tai was a baby.  I feel guilty - but I'm trying my best ( Read more... )

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I'm going to do a quick drive-by sorta entry... real catch up later.  I keep thinking 'I need to write a read entry but I don't have time, or brain power, or whatever' and then I don't and there's so much to catch up on!  I haven't written a monthly letter to Miriam in several months... I haven't written a 4th birthday letter to Tai... and I start ( Read more... )

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