So here it is, May 23, and we are still here. I guess the rapture didn't occur after all, or, if it did, I was seriously excluded. I wore my special Judgment Day panties for nothing? NOTHING?I spent the weekend celebrating the birth of Queen … [Continue reading]
What does one need to wear to the Rapture?
May 19, 2011 by 10 Comments
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
