The Professor is on his last sojourn out of town for work for the foreseeable future, meaning I am no longer a single mom 3 weekday mornings a week. This comes about a month too late for me. Yup, about a month ago I ceased being capable of managing these two children in the mornings,…
Category: Liam
I just ate a Baby Ruth at 9:18 am. Must be the day after Halloween. Halloween brings out the “wistful” in parents, I think, perhaps more than any other holiday. Last night, we wandered through our mostly-retired-folks neighborhood with a sweaty, mask-less Spiderman and a speeding little Batman (thrilled by the flap of his own…
Sunday
Yesterday, Jack and I went hunting for birds. He really wanted to take a picture of one, to send to his grandmothers. As you can imagine, a five year old is not the ideal companion when one hopes to sneak up on some birds. No birds were to be found. We did find, however, a…
A Little Superhero Redemption
My jailers redeemed themselves yesterday . . . sort of. We are in Day Nine of the poverty — paychecks have come in but not cleared, so the money is tantalizing me from the “pending” section of the bank account all weekend. Nevertheless, groceries we need, and groceries we shall have, and the credit card shall…
Thirty Five
I turned thirty five over Labor Day weekend. We traveled up north to watch the home team play the first college football game of the season, and it was epic in both good ways and bad: BAD: The husband was out of town, so getting out was an Endeavor. After staying up late finishing…