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I'm back from Greece and Turkey. I loved this trip so, so much. It was hard leaving the kids, and Maxwell had some issues with my MIL and my parents, but overall the trip was just amazing. Seeing all of the ruins and history, getting to experience Greek and Turkish hospitality, eating the food...it was just all so incredible. We met my friend from ( Read more... ) -
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Mid life crisis-y. Skin aging. I feel angsty. It's hard to get excited about anything. I'm so tired of this regular 6th grade curriculum. I'm sick of my gym and work outs. I hate my house.
I ordered a light therapy light for my SAD, so I hope that helps a bit. I'm just in such a rut. -
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I really hope I'm not speaking prematurely, but my stress level is about at 50% less than it was last year after back to school? Why? Here's why ( Read more... ) -
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A bit mid-life crisis-y lately. It's shallow and lame but my face has been bothering me a lot. A did a lot of tanning in my youth and it's catching up with me. It just makes me sad. I went to Ulta after doing a ton of research on skin products, and the consultant said, "Oh. That won't work for the damage you have." So that ( Read more... ) -
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As you know, Maxwell has a peanut allergy. It's pretty much been a non-issue (if you consider allergy plans, allergy testing, reading labels and carrying an epi-pen a non issue, which I do), after my initial freak out when he was diagnosed at two. As you may not know, Joel Stein (columnist for TIME) wrote a particulary insulting piece calling food ( Read more... ) -
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So I got bannned from the Disney boards. There's a message board I was going to when we were planning our Disney Trip. Last night, I received a warning, and today an infraction, and now....BANNED. For THIS ( Read more... ) -
I think Riley is me. Ugh. I was really hoping she wouldn't be and seeing how well liked she was in preschool and all of the invitations that she gets in kindergarten, was giving me hope. She's been invited to a few parties where the mom told me that she was the only one from school invited. But here she is with two friends over and they're leaving ( Read more... )
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I just feel gutted. For the past two days, I've been crying on and off. I feel sick to my stomach. I keep imagining those innocent, defenseless five and six year olds and how scared and confused they must have been. I imagine the parents, getting the news that they will never see their child alive again. I imagine Christmas presents wrapped under ( Read more... )