I don’t know if you could detect it, but when I wrote my last post, I was very low in spirits. One might even say that I was blue. I later realized that it was Blue Monday, the saddest day of the year! I was sad on Blue Monday! I’m a walking cliche. The tide […]
Archives for 2013
"I think you need a pin, dear."
January 14, 2013 by 13 Comments
I had a rather strange and upsetting weekend, which I am not going to talk about except to say that my role as School Council/ Parent Association Chair is priming me for a career in diplomatic relations. Or perhaps, given my experiences of this weekend, I can now apply for a job as a very, very low-stakes […]
High Street Bingo
January 10, 2013 by 9 Comments
Starting back to school on a Tuesday after a holiday virtually guarantees that I will be in a constant state of confusion for the entire week. This week has been no exception. Yesterday I had to keep reminding myself that it was WEDNESDAY and that the following day was THURSDAY and I had committed to […]
One Week
January 7, 2013 by 3 Comments
The first week of January is gone, and I’m completely scattered, so here are some random things going on in the Boyhouse:1) The boys go back to school tomorrow, and I am having my usual last-day-of-vacation mixed feelings: happiness about the return to routine, and melancholy about the fleeting nature of time, and what city […]
COME ON DOWN!
January 4, 2013 by 11 Comments
Yesterday I optimistically cleaned the house, sanitizing all the surfaces and disinfecting doorknobs. I baked muffins and indulged in such self-care rituals as applying moisturizer, blow-drying my hair, and shaving my legs for the first time in many days. I just finished reading How To Be A Woman, and while I enjoyed it, and felt […]
Annual Roundup – 2012 in the Boyhouse
January 2, 2013 by 5 Comments
I know, it’s January 2. I meant to get this post out on Monday. So I’m a few days late and a dollar short, but I have a good excuse – I rang in the New Year by sleeping. I had what I had – optimistically, it turned out – thought was food poisoning but given […]
