This is just a o'dark thirty grumbling post ( Read more... )

I turned 40. It was a quiet normal day with cake for breakfast ( Read more... )

There are days when things go poorly and I think am I utterly failing at this parenting thing ( Read more... )

Brian interrupted me in the middle of a project we were arguing over ( Read more... )

6pm to 5:30 am is 11.5 hrs. This is an appropriate amount of time for a 3 year old to sleep. Unfortunately the rest of our household starts to wake up around 6/6:30. Everyone except Virgil has bedtime calculated based on a wake up time 60-90 minutes later than the one member who can't/won't/shouldn't get up and fed by themselves ( Read more... )

Virgil has only been wearing diapers at night for months now. Over break he was dry the entire time. The Entire time!. He was sick, his allergies flared, he was on prednisone, one night he woke me Twice calling out that he needed to use a toilet. Two weeks ( Read more... )

Me: Brian! Look what I got for Chanukah presents today ( Read more... )

I am feeling more calm than I would expect. I think I'm just too tired/burned out to get upset. Another friend who suffers from depression posted today that it was pointed out to her that she was only posting negative things ( Read more... )

On the calendar until about 3 weeks ago ths was supposed to be a calm 4 day weekend, an island of respite in the hectic storm of our busy lives. Then life happened. Soccer scheduled a make up game, illness caused a birthday party to get moved and then our neighbor died ( Read more... )

This morning Virgil commented on the contents of a grocery cart in the parking lot. It led to a great exchange with a mom I didn't know, lots of great information exchanged and me inviting her and her 3 boys over for a playdate ( Read more... )