I'm moving babies! I've already packed my bags. Yes, I have a few bits and bobs that need my attention, but by the end of this month, I'm out. Ok, local friends, take a deep exhale; What I mean is that I am making a digital move. Every few years I like to change things... Continue Reading →
Hot Mom Summer
Wait? Did you hear that? It sounds like...birds chirping. Wait, is that the ONLY sound I am hearing? Hello? Helloooooooo? Is anybody here? Alice, Owen, hellllloooooooo? My coffee is still warm, and I feel well rested and like I have the ability to finish a complete thought. This can only mean one thing...The kids are... Continue Reading →
TikTok Induced ADHD
This morning I woke up and I decided to play hooky on my Physical Therapy. Don't tell Amy, my PT, she'll be super pissed. You see, last night I started watching a new episode of the Handmaid's Tale (season 1) and I couldn't fall asleep. My heart was racing, so I decided the only remedy... Continue Reading →
Decision List – Critical Read
I've decided that in my next life, I am not going to come back as someone / thing who has to live through a pandemic. I've decided that I am going to wear coveralls with zippers 89% of the time. I've decided that getting facials are equally important as dentist appointments (interpret that however you... Continue Reading →
Where’d Ya Go, Kim?
Hello bbs, babies, babes, my dear precious readers (Mom. Hi Mom. Mom, a "bb" is a millennial way of saying baby. It's sweet). HIIIII. Ok, so I've been missing you. Rather than apologize for my absence I am going to thank you for your patience. Thank you for your patience and your anticipation for the... Continue Reading →
Cracked
Ask me how many broken iPads we have in our house. The answer is more than one. Actually one is an iPad and one is an Amazon Fire, and that is part of the problem. My kid broke them. Both of them. In the same way. With his rage. He rage broke the technology because... Continue Reading →
Official Resignation Letter
Dear Local School District, I am writing to inform you that I resign. I am sure that this comes as a shock to you given that technically I do not work for you, but I simply cannot anymore. You have single handedly broken me, and I will not tolerate these current working conditions any longer.... Continue Reading →
Japan is the New ‘New’
Naruto! Naruuuto!!! Naruuuuttttooooo!!!! (said in an ever increasing vocal crescendo, and add fist shaking at the heavens for effect) I am going to take you on a journey of what it means to be the mother of a boy. It means deep dives. Deep dives into whatever shiny object comes into their sight. Some find... Continue Reading →
One Day More (sung in dramatic Les Mis operatic voice)
School finally opened on Tuesday! After almost one year of my children 'learning' from the confines of their bedrooms, they actually went to a school building on Tuesday! As I type, I hear a slow and steady swell of the string section in the pit of the orchestra. The lighting changes to an ominous moody... Continue Reading →
They’re Almost Gone. Why Do I Still Feel Scared?
Anyone else have a dream about adopting Claudia Conway last night? Just me? Poor girl. I think some of the chemicals from her powder dipped nails have gotten to her brain, but also poor girl. She's been living in a home where her mother - Kellyanne - has single handedly tanked the credibility of our... Continue Reading →