Day 05: Something You Hope To Do In Your Life
Ahhh…the standby for when I am too tired to think of something to write about: Go back and work on my 30 Posts of Truth. Today is Day 05: Something I Hope To Do In My Life. This one is so easy: WRITE A BOOK. I’ve been composing books in my head since I started reading them. Never a complete book, of course, or I probably would have transcribed it by now. It’s always something partial, an outline, a character, a conflict…something I feel like I could write... Read More
My Secret (And Totally Insane) Parenting Trick
When I was in college, working, and a single Mom to E, I was often a bit too tired to give E the attention he deserved. When my exhaustion levels were at their highest, my trick that I would fall back on (but only rarely or else it would lose it’s effectiveness), is that I would let him color with markers ON HIMSELF. And ON ME. With crayola washable markers, of course, which are mostly washable. Sometimes you end up with residue after the first bath, but most of the time... Read More
Drunk With Pride. And Also Exhaustion. And Maybe A Little Beer.
Well..this week/weekend has not been great in terms of my non-religious Lenten vows, but in terms of my LIFE? It’s been great. I only didn’t exercise 2 out of the 7 days, and considering they were 6am-11pm days in some cases, I consider that DAMN IMPRESSIVE. I didn’t blog all weekend but my family was in town and my kid was in a musical that knocked my socks off. Does anyone use that phrase anymore? I’m kickin’ it old-school this morning. I normally... Read More
Opening Night (Are You Sick Of Theater Talk Yet?)
This is your sneak peak of my son for tonight’s show. He starts out looking like the picture on the left. He wears two different costumes with that hair/makeup. Then, at intermission he gets converted (I do his hair!) to the character on the right. He is Monsieur D’Arque and he’s the owner of the insane asylum who is going to take Belle’s father after being bribed by Gaston. Let’s don’t bother discussing how fitting it is that he owns an... Read More
Bribery In The Form Of An Irish Manicure
Today is the first school party I’ve ever missed at the kid’s preschool. They are both very sad about this, even though there are only ever 2-3 parents there. I explained that E doesn’t hardly ever need much from me, so if I sometimes have to miss their stuff for his, it’s more than fair. I also painted their nails green and gold. That made them love me again. Read More
