I was in the lobby of our local urgent care yesterday with an injured employee, waiting to be seen. The lobby was full, with one whole row of seats filled with Mexican gentlemen, contractors it looked like, probably about 8 of them. The nurse opened the door and called out "Jose?" Five of the…
Other People's Sorrow
I have stumbled across the beautifully written blogs of a couple of mothers who lost their babies. It’s inevitable in the linked up world of blogging – at the moment, mommy blogs are resonating with me in a way they never have before, so they are where I tend to be drawn. Other mothers are…
March Time
Time is messing with me this week. I want it to hurry on, so Patrick will come home, and Jack will remove his bulky squirming mass from my straining abdomen. I want it to slow down, so I can savor my remaining childless hours, and the waning months of my 20s, and the last few weeks…
Virgil's Morning Routine
6:25 am BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG BO- Yawn. Lick paws. Streeetch corgi legs. Chin on paws. Wait exactly nine minutes. BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG BO- Perk up head. Ears tall. Check out lump in bed. Still a lump. Head back down. Chin on paws. Wait exactly nine…
I Wonder What Is Making Me Happy Today?
I am very raindrops-on-roses-and-whiskers-on-kittens today, so this topic couldn’t be more easy for me. What is so great about my life right now, you ask? The pets and fetus had a pow wow, and decided that I was getting pretty cranky and maybe that was due to lack of sleep, so they agreed to call…