So apparently the term “whale tail” is not as commonly known as I thought. Here’s a snapshot from Wikipedia: It’s just as classy as a pair of Daisy Dukes and a crop top. Do you remember that scene in The 40 Year Old Virgin where Andy and Cal catch a glimpse of the salesgirl’s whale […]
Archives for 2011
A New Kind of Groundhog Day!
May 16, 2011 by 7 Comments
Friday evening my husband came home late from his golf game to find me on the couch in my pajamas, halfway through both a bottle of wine and the pilot episode of NYPD Blue. “Hi sweetie,” I said happily, as if I hadn’t seen this episode many times before, “Sipowicz got shot! Oooh, look: You […]
Friday the 13th, and Privilege Problems
May 14, 2011 by 9 Comments
I just realized, now, that it is Friday the 13th! Maybe that explains things, and by things I mean my state of crossness and irritability, although I really think that my attitude is more likely attributed to my lack of sleep and excessive worry due to my son having pneumonia, rather than the date. I […]
Pneumonia! It’s pneumonia!
May 11, 2011 by 7 Comments
So it turns out that Mark has pneumonia. Pneumonia! Here’s a tip for you: if you are ever feeling a little low on the mother guilt factor, try sending your child to school with pneumonia. Mother guilt deficit erased immediately. I was speaking with my elderly neighbour about Mark’s chest x-rays, and she cheerfully replied, “Just […]
Just This
May 9, 2011 by 10 Comments
On Friday Jake’s kindergarten class had a Mother’s Day Spa Day, in which all the moms brought in deck chairs and lounged in the darkened classroom to the sound of soothing spa music while their five year olds rubbed lotion into their feet, rubbed their shoulders, and brushed their hair. After untangling the brushes from […]
Tell me now, baby, is he good to you? Can he do to you the things that I do?
May 4, 2011 by 11 Comments
I received an invitation for the school’s Volunteer Appreciation Tea. I smiled happily until I realized that the date coincides with the next book fair, which I am running. I cannot attend the Volunteer Appreciation Tea because I’m too busy volunteering. Some days are just like that. I have not been sleeping well lately and […]
Mayday! Mayday!
May 2, 2011 by 13 Comments
After watching The Wedding on Friday, I sank into what can only be described as a state of complete obsession and sloth. I performed the absolute minimum in terms of child maintenance, instead staring at the television, watching and re-watching the highlights, pausing only to trade wedding-related analysis with my mother and grandmother over the phone about […]
