From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Irony: It’s Good For You!

May 29, 2009

They help my hair grow back. What’s ironic in your life this fine Friday?

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Summer Hours

May 27, 2009

When I left the workforce to stay home and raise The Poo, I imagined hundreds of days like today, like macaroni strung together on a piece of yarn.
Today I was showered and dressed before The Babyman woke up, and in fact both kids slept late. I, myself did not rise until nearly 7:50 a.m., sunlight [...]

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Hey! Look! I’m Over Here!

May 26, 2009

Hey, y’all.
It’s Tuesday, but fuck me if it doesn’t feel like Monday. My house is a mess and I had an extremely frustrating medical experience this morning (we’re all fine, I’ll talk more about it later).
I’m not up for writing anything interesting (see: Monday is Tuesday) and my sitter quit last week (oh. ma. gaaaa.) [...]

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Over-compensating

May 25, 2009

You know how second kids always get the shaft? Like, no baby book, no record of their milestones, just a handful of photos?
And the first child? Pshhh. A million a thousand hundreds of photos, detailed baby book blog dedicated just to them, every sneeze documented with date, location and detailed description.
I worried that I’d short [...]

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It’s Different This Time

May 21, 2009

Yesterday I mentioned that my hair is coming out—and it is.
My alopecia areata is back to its nasty habits. Last week I started getting pimples on my scalp and the areas just behind both my ears feel hot and itchy. Then I ran my fingers through my wet hair and got a wad of it [...]

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Better Living Through Chemistry

May 20, 2009

I’ve been waking up very early in the morning, a hot/cold current of intense anxiety running through me. Almost every day, in the most dreadfully predictable way, the babyman starts fussing and whimpering at the exact same time.
Like he can sense my discomfort, and seeks to alliviate it by calling for me, by starting the [...]

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Ow! Stop Sticking That Fork In Me!

May 19, 2009

The babyman is growing fast. We’re rapidly approaching month 10 of life with a baby boy, and while we are thrilled and delighted with each new stage of his babyhood, we also breathe a sigh of relief with each new milestone met.
No more baby bathtub! No more receiving blankets! No more night-time feedings!
With each developmental [...]

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Gloria Stienem Wept

May 17, 2009

“Mommy, a girl needs to be her best and look her best, every day.”

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The Future Is Now

May 15, 2009

Yesterday Mr. C got a letter in the mail.
It was a thin letter, the kind of letter that caused me to live in a constant state of anxiety from December 1988 to April 1989.
It was a rejection letter.
We are not moving to Ohio, just as we did not move to Wisconsin. We are staying right [...]

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Confessions of a Passive-Aggressive Phonaphobe

May 13, 2009

A friend joined me today for my thrice-weekly writing session at the coffeehouse. Well before I landed on the corn-dusted shores of Chambana, this friend answered pesky questions from me—where should I go for this? Where should I go for that?
We met one morning for coffee almost three years ago now, and as we loaded [...]

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