Work Life Clusterf*s

  • Various and Sundry on an Early Afternoon

    / December 8, 2016

    The Middlest caught a cold from his cousin over Thanksgiving – a rattly little cough, irritating but not too chesty.  He suffered through it like a trooper, though a high fever took him…

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  • :(

    / March 13, 2016

    After our first house offer-back-and-forth was ultimately unsuccessful, then the next day our (much smaller but cleverly designed) backup house got bought – just a few days after it went on the market.…

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  • Snow – er – Rain Day

    / March 11, 2016

    It rained, hence school was canceled.  Ever since that Birmingham/Atlanta hot mess, the principals have had an itchy trigger finger with the school cancellations.  NOLA does have legitimate street-flooding issues, and yesterday parts…

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  • Top O the Mornin’

    / November 12, 2015

    So the boys didn’t have school yesterday, but I had a depo.  I always space their Veterans’ Day day off, and when I was asked to cover this depo I chirped “sure!”  Ugh.…

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  • Bound

    / September 28, 2013

    CM recently wrote a post that resonated with me (and a lot of other people, judging by the comments).   Our “funk cycles” are in sync – I, too, am feeling somewhat trapped…

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