Posted in *E*, *J*, family, kids, tagged family, parenting, divorce, kids, moving, Summer on July 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When the girls are on the way out the door to their father’s house for their summer visit, and all of life feels like a giant goodbye, or an all-consuming waiting game. There is some pressure (self-imposed, of course) to make it “special” or to ensure that they leave on a positive note. Yet they’re [...]
Posted in *E*, *J*, Beloved, family, kids, tagged family, kids, movies, moving on June 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We saw Wall-e tonight. It was fun, and it made us all laugh. E’s favorite part was an allusion to an Iraq-related Bush-ism, “we have to stay the course!” She nearly split a side. (Update: Beloved has found since that there is a good bit of debate going on about that line. I think that’s [...]
Posted in *E*, food, tagged diets, food on June 10, 2008 | No Comments »
I have been gluten free for about 8 weeks now. I feel slightly less bloated - and have stomach aches less frequently. I thought for a while that it resulted in a lighter Zuska, but really, that was just part of my typical day-to-day 5 pound fluctuation.
Sometimes, I really miss ooey, gooey, pourous bread. I [...]
Posted in *E*, family, friends, kids, musicals, teenagers on May 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
E was in a play this weekend. She was Mushu the Dragon - sidekick to Mulan.
Listen - E was one of the lead roles in her school play in April, and I was happy for her, and I was proud, but I wasn’t all over her, and I wasn’t on and on about how great [...]
Posted in *E*, *J*, Beloved, family, kids, tagged *E*, *J*, family, kids, moving on April 28, 2008 | 6 Comments »
The girls are going through their things in pursuit of our goal: Two boxes packed per person per week. Beloved and I are trying to make this process as painless as possible (we move in July …. )
They ended up traveling to the apartment next door with their arms full of dolls. [...]
Posted in *E*, School Issues, family, kids, tagged divorce, emotional health, family, kids, parenting, school, teachers, therapy on April 23, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Even though my past two posts were full of how great my kids are, we are of course, well rounded people. With issues and up hill battles and what not.
Which is why I now have an appointment in place for E to visit with a therapist.
I mentioned that during Play Weekend I had my first [...]
Posted in *E*, *J*, family, tagged Books, family, kids, math, science, vacation on April 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago, the girls had some rare downtime. They were using that time to “play Yahtzee.” Qhotes because that is what I had assumed. But when they got up to do the next thing, J announced, “[E]! It comes out to 12.7 rolls.” What the heck? “Oh, that’s the average of how [...]
Posted in *E*, *J*, Beloved, family, kids, work, working mom, tagged boston, Exercise, games, kids, marathon, vacation, work, working mom on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
This is the first year that the girls have been home during a school vacation week. My higher income gave me a bit of a bargaining chip in the child support/visitation department. He pays less, I get to play with the kids more. We were going to go to D.C., but instead choose to syphon [...]
Posted in *E*, *J*, Beloved, family, kids, work, tagged divorce, drama, family, parenting, parents, school, School Issues on April 13, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Posting has been light, but with good reason. The kids’ school play was this past weekend, wherein E was one of the leads, and J was an adorable little singer & dancer. I, meanwhile, was on the “production team,” and ended up spending every spare moment - both at work and at home - dealing [...]
Posted in *E*, *J*, Beloved, family, finances, transportation, travel, weekends on March 31, 2008 | 8 Comments »
My family thinks me evil, but I just feel done. Zipcar is fun, and it’s useful, and it’s served us very well. But yesterday, I had to set my alarm for 8 a.m. and call a cab to take me to the car that zipcar switched my reservation to. It cost $10 to get there, [...]
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