The quickest way to turn me into a flaming bitch is to be an ass of a neighbor. And I am well on my way to being a complete flaming bitch. I am normally pretty laid back about noise around here, because to some extent, it just goes with living in an apartment building and […]
Remembering Grandma Ethel I know I haven’t written in a bit, but I have had good reason! Last Friday was the anniversary of my Grandma Ethel’s death and I just couldn’t. The year following her passing has been really hard and I probably am not much better about it now than I was when it […]
Of course, any day I have to get up at 0530 already has at least one strike against it. But it isn’t even 0800 yet and already I am looking at 3 strikes. Not a good start! I had to drive Donovan to school today so he could meet his science fair team to work […]
Holy bus drama, Batman! I sent the youngest three out to their bus this morning, unaware that drama was about to ensue. In the midst of trying to tame Donovan’s wild hair (insane amounts of hair spray and a crazy ‘do for the play really screwed with it!) with the flat iron, I realized the […]
What the hell is it with teenagers? One minute they are laughing and HUMAN and the next they are obnoxious butt heads. Whoever says that teen girls are the worst clearly never lived with my kid. I know he is really busy lately, between normal school work, track practice, and play practice, but being voluntarily […]
For the second day in a row, the walls have been shaking in my little apartment. And not in a good way! My upstairs neighbors have apparently forgotten that people live below them and that, crazy as it sounds, I MIGHT want to both actually be able to hear the TV no more than 8′ […]
I think I must be an idiot. That probably won’t come as much of a surprise to my readers; it certainly doesn’t come as a surprise to my kids!! But if there is one thing I have learned in life, it is that it rarely pays to try to be nice or helpful. So, knowing […]
I am so frustrated that I just want to scream. Every day is a struggle with Donovan. Not a single flippin’ day can go by without having to argue with him about some stupid thing or another. It is always the same stupid shit over and over and over again. Nothing I say ever makes […]
Monday morning came early today! Not that I didn’t expect it, but 0530 still came too early. But that could be because I got no sleep last night. Literally, no sleep. So, upon ridding the house of children, I stumbled back to my big warm bed and collapsed within it. Of course, it took me […]
Valentine’s Blues Since The Husband is in Afghanistan, I am feeling sort of anti-Valentine’s today, but that’s normal, I suppose! I have to pick up Donovan from play practice in a little bit and go rent some chick flicks, my one nod to Valentine’s! :heart: The neverending battle with children. I swear that it is […]