Okay, it started fine, it wasn't bad, it was just... just a week. Busy, because the two still in school had rehearsals for the concerts at the end of the week, and my oldest (M) was not feeling well. she couldn't catch her breath, called in sick on Tuesday from work.

( This would be where I'd say F my life, were I M )

So, day was homecoming, which is important only in than my son marched in the band - I'm not sure when the band stopped marching in the parade, but it hasn't as long as we've gone, which is a long time, because he marched with the elementary school. Still, the whole band was probably the flute section when I was in high school, but the fight song ( Read more... )

Lately, I've been fandom hopping.

Well, so it's all K-pop. However,
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Sometimes, I look at myself, and the whole... being a mom thing, and I'm sort of stunned, still, that I am the mom. That someone (my husband, to some extent) decided I was responsible enough to have children. That I could possibly take care of these children, and have them turn out... at least okay, if not great (hey, I have this depression thing, ( Read more... )

There is a definite difference in having kids quiet and doing school work, and having kids actually GONE. A significant difference. It's... I can't explain it, but it's there.

So I want to try to get things done today. Cleaning, and writing, and beginning to work on my nano thing. I need to do some serious figuring out, because I'm pretty sure I'm ( Read more... )

I'm officially the mom of three teenagers.

Let the hair pulling out commence.

Schools are officially closed until 30 April. My children are NOT happy about that at all.

I'm sitting at this coffee shop I've never been in before, small and lovely and cheerful. I'm here because I foolishly volunteered to drive my children to the All County/Honor Choir rehearsal today. One had to be there at 8 am, one at 9:15 am. The problem ( Read more... )

I don't quit, yet, but i'm close. I just did a complete one paragraph of 750 words about how I"m feeling, and sadly, it's not helping ( Read more... )

I didn't win this year. I didn't write what I wanted to - no. I didn't write totally what I had planned. I wound up writing about four different things, and all of them Ateez related. None of them, however, are in the least bit publishable. Still. I wrote 17766/20000 words. I might have written more, had I actually finished the book I needed to ( Read more... )