Posted in Exercise, Lawyers, sleep, television, working mom on September 30, 2007 | 3 Comments »
As I come into this new phase of my life, I am finding that there are things I must give up.
1) Sleep
I don’t need that much. I am perfectly capable of sleeping past 10 a.m. on the weekends, but that messes me up and makes me an insomniac on Sunday nights - during the week, [...]
Posted in *E*, *J*, Beloved, Lawyers, clothes, family, football, housework, kids, weekends on September 30, 2007 | No Comments »
I now have a moment to blog. But I have nothing to say. Of course there’s a ton of stuff swirling in my head, but now that I’m employed, I feel cautious (overly?) about almost everything.
Then I have stories to tell about my kids, and about trust issues (which they have earned, and show me [...]
Posted in *E*, *J*, Beloved, housing, kids, working mom on September 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’m guessing here - going out on a limb:
If I want to “balance work and family,” blogging is going to have to fall by the wayside.
How can I possibly get to work at the crack of dawn, fight and claw for my right to be home by 7 to eat with my family, log back [...]
Posted in Beloved, soccer, work, working mom on September 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Between budget, time and energy constraints, the abode is unraveling a bit.
Today, I am optimistic about work.
Beloved again juggled all 17,000 balls with great success, and continues to impress me. One day, though, he’s going to get tired.
I’m sure things will level out soon [ha!]
Tomorrow brings more chaos. Insanity. That sort of thing.
I need to [...]
Posted in *E*, Beloved, School Issues, work, working mom on September 27, 2007 | No Comments »
Last night was chaotic in this house. I had no part in it. Isn’t that odd?
The girls had an after-school activity until 5:30, and Beloved had to get them home and fed within approx. 20 seconds. He then had to turn back around, deposit them in a safe place, and go to their classrooms in [...]
Posted in *E*, Beloved, birthdays on September 26, 2007 | No Comments »
Beloved managed the random, surprise day off quite nicely. He is, again, my Prince. He shuttled both girls to various friends’ houses and back, prepared for E’s bday celebration tonight, cooked E’s bday dinner, took J shopping to allow her to buy her sister a gift, managed getting E to soccer practice, and generally kept [...]
Posted in work, working mom on September 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Once again, the theme I’m most comfortable sharing is that of my colleagues.
After spending a good bit of time (school) drifting, I’m happy to start work hopeful that I have found (or can create?) an atmosphere where I find like minds. People struggling with similar issues, pondering similar quandaries, and excited by similar possibilities. And [...]
Posted in sleep, work on September 25, 2007 | 3 Comments »
with 2 observations:
1) Getting up at 6 is not easy after sleeping like a baby for 6 weeks; (although that’s not even true - I was fighting insomnia last week and had a scant 4 hours of sleep a couple of times)
2) When I do get up, and my gmail notifier says “Last Checked 7 [...]
Posted in Lawyers, work on September 25, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Today was not all that taxing. It was surprisingly good to see people. I think that there was a very mellow vibe amongst all of us - as opposed to last summer’s “I can outdrink you!” competitive spirit.
Interesting: Last year, I felt like there was a lot of awareness of beauty. I felt like outward [...]
Posted in *E*, *J*, Beloved, School Issues, ex-husband, family, friends, kids, marriage, working mom on September 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I was in the midst of orientation. I was chatting with a friend. We had 10 or 15 free moments, and decided to get some water and have a seat in squishy seats to talk on a more-than-superficial level. I pulled out my cell phone, having some slight separation anxiety from the fam after my [...]
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