My brain is better, I think. Of course – where am I getting this information? So it’s hard to say for sure, but the people around me seem less irritable and more at ease with me being awake, so I’m going to take that as a good sign.
Side effects so far: dreams are not as [...]
It’s like sprinting across hot coals, with my bag of orders to ship over one shoulder and my kids in either arm. Once the week begins, I am in survival mode: there can be no major house cleaning, no significant cooking, only divided trays full of assorted steam-in-the-bag items and quick glances in the mirror [...]
1. Graham is nearly three, and is nowhere near potty trained. He has little interest, and no natural talent for it and really, I’m sort of fine with that. It’ll happen. The internet is full of expert reassurance that kids won’t go to college in diapers, although to be honest I didn’t actually read the [...]
Mentally preparing for a big trip – 17+ hours of train travel with two little kids who are very excited about the! TRAIN! They are filling up the living room with wooden IKEA train tracks right this second, and arguing over the details of how REAL train wrecks happen.
We’re waiting for our house to close. [...]
The basket was full. Graham had already eaten one of the mini muffins. Nicolaus had eaten two muffins, a mini waffle thing, and a croissant. We’d gone a little heavy on the breakfast bakery items.
We got all the way through checkout before I realized my wallet wasn’t with me. More disturbing than the hassle of [...]