Category: Categorizing Things is Overrated

My knee went from feeling pretty peachy on Tuesday to feeling markedly worse the last few days.  I was convinced that my patella had separated and was floating around in the general area of my knee, wreaking havoc on my otherwise happy joint and causing debilitating pain every time I stood, and so I finally…

I have to terminate somebody today.  Although, to be more up with the HR lingo, I actually have to "dehire" her.  Oh yes.  That new term is the result of a gazillion dollars spent on research about how it makes employees feel to hear the word "terminate," which became the word of choice after the…

She washed his diapers.  And his outfit that he dribbled on.  And his bottles, and the bowl and spoon for his lunch.  I’m surprised he didn’t smell of Dawn dish soap himself when I picked him up.   It is so worth the money we pay her just being spared the chore of washing those…

And then a balloon in my belly popped, and water gushed out of me onto the bed (protected by plastic, thank heavens!), and I exploded out of the bed and ran right into the wall, and there was pain pain pain pain pain. A twisting, gut wrenching, intense pain – only something that hurty could…

A conversation this morning, as I was orienting our new babysitter to our preshuss babeee’s every need and want:   "So we keep his cloth diapers set to the second snap in from the leg.  That keeps it tight enough to prevent leaks.  Anyway, I appreciate you being willing to keep track of these, and…