My oldest agreed to take me to the store to go foodshopping today because my car’s still in the shop. After about an hour of dealing with a hyperactive 5-year old grabbing at EVERYTHING that contains sugar, we get on line to buy our choosings.
That’s when my teenager says, “Uh, mom,” pointing out the window [...]
Archive for July, 2008
29 Jul
The River of Dreams
28 Jul
E-cricket with a bat
I WAS in a good mood… until #3 son and I got into my car and tried to START the damned thing.
This is what it sounded like… “Muhhhhhh. Eh. Eh. Clump.”
I tried 4 or 5 times. Same result. It started to turn, but didn’t catch.
I called my husband who told me to call [...]
28 Jul
E Cricket…
It’s a quieter day, here in Herstory land. My two OLDER sons are working with my husband (I hope he EXHAUSTS them). My youngest and I are going to go out for lunch and to buy him a minikeyboard because I sold the piano.
It’s a little bittersweet, this piano thing.
I didn’t want it to begin [...]
24 Jul
I have discovered…
CRAIGSLIST
I never REALIZED how easy it would be to get rid of stuff… a piano, some baby stuff, and toys. Within FIVE MINUTES of listing the piano, I had this rush of people asking me for it.
I’m down to one. I guess driving out to “Homerville,” New Jersey is just too much for those nearest [...]
23 Jul
I AM an innocent (wo)man…
Updates updates updates…
My doctor said he will not prescribe me meds unless I feel that I need something short term. He also reaffirmed the fact that I am NOT crazy, bipolar, manic, or schizo. I am, however, dealing with crap that I do not know how to deal with.
When I told him my nationalities, he [...]
22 Jul
The bite of the dragon’s paw
I survived my first therapy session. Five minutes into it, I started balling like a baby. I apologized, but he said that I didn’t cry, the tissue companies don’t get paid. I laughed. He smiled.
I was VERY tense and nervous at this session, mostly because I’ve never done this before. I didn’t want to be [...]
22 Jul
Lest the day go by unnoticed…
My parents returned to Arizona over the weekend, much to my relief. Nearly the entire week, I felt extremely tense and anxious. Every day they visited us, they would complain how bored they were. During the week, I drove the kids to a place that was inbetween where they were staying and our house so [...]
17 Jul
Let the man rise up
Wow. The Mighty Reverend Jesse “Let the Black Man Rise Up” Jackson has been caught saying the n-word on national television. I could weep with righteous indignation. I don’t think I’ve been this giddy, well, probably not since that woman-hating-n-word-dropping-dirtbag-but-he’s-a-football-star student I had was expelled his senior year for selling drugs in school. Now all we need to see is [...]
16 Jul
Build me up buttercup…
I had this idea a few weeks ago to describe what I felt patriotism was or what it embodied… or, at best, question the current definition of patriotism. TIME magazine, however, beat me to the punch. I will not compare/contrast Obama to McClain in terms of who is the most patriotic, but will examine what [...]
12 Jul
Funnel Vision
My parents have arrived and surprisingly enough… NO FIGHTING. Ahh, how wonderful!
Anyway, nothing’s new here except that I was offered ANOTHER college teaching job at ANOTHER college (community)… but, I think I’m sort’ve maxed out.
Tired. Still haven’t lost much more than a couple of pounds (but mom said that my body is more toned than [...]
9 Jul
My, how I missed you
Yes, apparently there will be distance between posts… because I’m working on getting my shit together so that I can start teaching at the end of August.
And, for the past three months, I have been reading the (assigned AND most poorly written) Western Civ text. I have OTHER Western Civ texts from when I took the class [...]
4 Jul
Milk white and gleaning all over
FIFTEEN HOURS of creating PowerPoint presentations… and have deleted 3 and kept three.
I haven’t studied early American history in a LONG while, but I tell you this much… I never get sick of reading about it.
And, considering that this day is the 232nd anniversary of the reading of the Declaration of Independence… I thought that [...]
3 Jul
Standing moderately tallish…
I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth… yet.
As a matter of fact, I have continued exercising even though I haven’t lost a single pound (I know, I’m disgusted, too)… and have scaled it back to 4-5 days a week as opposed to 6-7.
Ever try YOGA? There’s something inanely odd about yoga… and, let’s [...]
