Started off Thursday with a 2.5 hour trip to Yakima for my grandfather’s memorial service. I managed to get sunscreen on my face, but neglected the rest of me. Apparently that wasn’t an issue except for one arm — I thought I’d found shade, but I guess I thought wrong. Oops. […]
I totally earned a lot of Mommy points too. It was *wet*, it was *cold*, it was *rainy*, it was *windy*. And did I mention it was cold? It was *cold*. And *windy*. And stuff. I’ve got a lovely case of windburn — my dry skin just doesn’t take much wet/windy/cold exposure to become very […]
So… the thing with relaxation… I’ve been pretty wound tight for the last I don’t know how many years. I relax and all I can do is realize how tired I am… I slept a lot of today. Now I’m hennaing my hair.
This morning we got another call, three realtors brought clients by […]
Yep. M2 kept saying her neck was sore. And she started holding her shoulders funny to protect her neck. And then she got a headache. I took her to the emergency room because… stiff neck, headache, high temperature (well, it was 100 this afternoon which isn’t as bad as the 102-103 […]
This has been quite a weekend. Suspenseful in not quite the way I had hoped for, for sure. There’s been something in the air the last few days since Thursday that have caused my “PANIC!” neural pathways to light up and every little thing that happens that is minor cause of concern just keeps […]
M1 & I spent two hours reading the Cat Who Talked to Ghosts to each other tonight. I made her read me a chapter while I put the bread together, then I read her… two? three? chapters. We’re getting to the good part where all the clues start coming together & the […]
M1 has come home the last couple nights really worried. Tonight when we got home she says to me, “Mom, I’m scared.” Scared? Whatever for? “The WASLs are next week.” Why does that scare her? “They’re the biggest test I’ve ever <i>taken!</i>” I don’t know what they’re telling the kids, but they’re terrifying them. I […]
Every night for the last five or six days, I’ve been reading A Wrinkle in Time to M1. On Friday night we ended up reading until about 9:40 — we kept getting sidetracked talking about Euclidean & non-Euclidean math/geometry. She’d had a frustrating day at school with math & yet there we were […]
M1 has a horrid sore throat, but at least it’s not strep & I think she’s almost over it. Of course, M2 is getting it now, poor baby.
Speaking of poor baby, M2 bit the next door neighbor girl. Negotiating play is a hard thing to learn at 5. Apparently the little girl […]
And his words. P’s post, but I’m the mommy so I’m inflicting mommy-pride&glee on the rest of you. P sez:
Just across the street from M1’s school, there is a small office building. One of the office rooms juts out a bit and has floor to ceiling windows. Every morning when Susan or myself […]