Observation

I’ve been suffering from a distinct lack of joy in recent months. Satisfaction, check. Contentment, check. Accomplishment, check. But little joy. Living as I do with the Funniest Person I Know™, and an indescribably wonderful-terrible 2-year-old whose sweetness and precociousness takes my breath daily, this is unacceptable. Observation: I haven’t been listening to music at [...]

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Month 33

Nuala, Apparently we’re doing only odd-numbered months from now on. Until, I guess, I slack even more and decide we’re only doing every third, every fourth, every square, or successive prime numbered months. I suppose I have a fairly good excuse for slacking this time. Dad started a new job on the 23rd of January, [...]

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Is it spring yet?

It might as well be with this piddly “winter” weather that comes and goes as it pleases. I know what kind of heat and humidity is coming our way this summer, but I still find myself looking forward to it because at least summer will be a real, recognizable season. I don’t quite know what to [...]

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This is a kid suffering from pneumonia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOV5_GQl9KA&list=UUNOyH0Y6A-OwwCALnNbAvig&index=1&feature=plcp

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Working for the weekend AGAIN

It is high season for two scholarships, both due the first of March. This means, of course, that Nuala, having finally acclimated to the emotional rigor of daycare, has come down with a nasty cold that turned into pneumonia. I don’t want to complain about how Nuala being sick has messed up my work schedule. [...]

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