From K this morning (after I mentioned that we wouldn't see G today, that it would be just the two of us until tomorrow): "It's like we have two families - one with you and me when he's not around, and one with G on Wednesday nights and sometimes on weekends ... actually I have three...actually I have a bunch of families, one with just you and me ( Read more... )

Words...The more I think about it (the older/wiser I get?) the more I realize how much I need them, love them, thrive on them, organize my mind around them! Some little episodes/collective events/personal reactions to said episodes and events, that have emphasized this realization include but are certainly not limited to ( Read more... )

(Warning: My stream-of-consciousness writing mode can mean a lack of any coherent punctuation/grammar... and that's the mode I'm in right now ( Read more... )

The girls had many questions after K went to bed last night. About Argentina and Mexico, about being an immigrant (we had an interesting time discussing how I was a 'fourth-generation immigrant' in Arg. and a 'first-generation immigrant' here) - and about American politics and the democratic system (!). This all came about from the questions they ( Read more... )

I think I like the two Japanese girls even better than the Koreans. They are fun to have around, they are good with K and smile and giggle all the time. Yesterday after picking them up, we took them to the Waterfront Park (where the Flugtag event turned out to be too loud, too hot, too crowded, and too stupid for my taste...more on that later... so ( Read more... )

I feel myself starting to relax (even though I still haven't emailed the prof that paper I still owe her in order to get credit for this last class), and it feels sooo good! To think of the rest of this month and most of next as a well-earned very long weekend is such a luxury! I have so many things I want to get done around the house, from the ( Read more... )

Sounds like a joke: How long can it possibly take one um...distractible woman (with a fairly cooperative nine year old in tow) to run a bunch of errands? Our answer today was FOUR HOURS and that was after we actually managed to get out of the house (which in itself took MUCH longer than it should have ( Read more... )

The compulsive late night web browsing junk food eating physical energy depleting marathons. Have. To Stop ( Read more... )

This morning I woke them at their requested time (6:15) -even though it seemed way too early for their ETD of 7:50 (it's a bus ride and then a MAX ride to Pioneer Square and then walk to class at St Mary's by 9:00). Knowing how long it's taken them to get ready in the morning, I went with it. After knocking on their bedroom door and getting no ( Read more... )

I'm supposed to be catching up on my homework...ergo here I find me catching up on LJ instead while unwisely postponing said homework ( Read more... )