I am aware that this post is basically a mid-life crisis, though I hope that it’s mostly in concept a mid-life crisis, and not in math. Some people buy something extravagant that they don’t need. Some people go on a…
I am aware that this post is basically a mid-life crisis, though I hope that it’s mostly in concept a mid-life crisis, and not in math. Some people buy something extravagant that they don’t need. Some people go on a…
I don’t love the idea of vacations. Time off, I can handle. With time off, you’re taking a day for yourself, or a day to get something done. It can be impromptu. Vacations, for me anyway, are anything but. I…
It’s one of those boring posts about me before I come up with another one to write about the children. Follow-through seems to have been one of the casualties of my having children, so it has been maybe more important…
I never really had much of a vision of myself as a parent before I became one. I had always assumed that I would just be a more tired version of myself — direct and open, patient, chatty, eager to…
I have several post drafts that I started and abandoned that were all about the notion of my life being on pause and that being the fault of my children. I have started and stopped that post three or four…
No one does well with resolutions and I am, of course, no different. I have a trail of half-completed post drafts to attest to the strength of my willpower. Nevertheless, this year I am attempting resolutions yet again, but I’ve…