This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

January 31, 2012

Yesterday Clyde took my computer to the hot tub with him.  Apparently because he wanted to watch Justin Bieber videos while soothing his aching muscles.  I mean who doesn’t.  I didn’t realize he’d done this until later in the day when he was out of the hot tub and my computer had gone missing.  When [...]

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They Were Wrong About the Cockroaches

January 24, 2012

Thank you thank you for your lovely responses to my last post. I wanted to mention too that we have tried a CPAP machine in the past and it does help a little, but at some point during the night, frustrated by having the mask on his face, he pulls it off.  But we should [...]

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Cataplexies & Cats in Boxes

January 20, 2012

Mexico is now a distant memory.  I am back to feeding alopecia squirrels with unsalted peanuts from Petco that are most definitely not in our budget.  I am searching for work at the moment because it’s time and because we need to stop decimating savings.  I find the job hunt daunting and at times, depressing. [...]

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Disappointing Vikings, Ruined Mayans…and of course, strays.

January 17, 2012

Somehow I have ended up with in-laws who, as a Christmas present, take us to Mexico.  As in-laws go, these are the kind you want.  It’s especially handy if you like them.  Last week, Arun and I flew to Cancun where we then boarded a ferry to Isla Mujeres, a small island in the Mexican [...]

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I Told You, It’s Nougat!

December 23, 2011

So much has happened and nothing has happened.  Things that have happened: Words With Friends has taken over a good portion of my time.  The drug I once mocked now has me in a death grip and is bashing me over the head repeatedly with more vowels than anyone can possibly use.  I am hitting [...]

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Words With Wives

December 1, 2011

Turns out I am terrible at Words With Friends.  Like atrocious.  Like how I was so bad at Geometry, that I took it once, failed it, took it again in summer school, failed it, and took it AGAIN my junior year and then got a D minus and I was like PHEW!  A D minus! [...]

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Now We Are Six

November 23, 2011

When I was one I had just begun When I was two I was nearly new When I was three I was hardly me When I was four I was not much more When I was five I was just alive But now I am six, I’m as clever as clever; So I think I’ll [...]

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Alopecia Squirrel

November 21, 2011

I’ve been feeding a squirrel with alopecia. Or something like alopecia. These things are hard to tell even when you google “alopecia squirrel” which I definitely haven’t possibly done. When I am stressed or generally feeling off, I try and fix it with animals, which is how I end up with most of my pets. [...]

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Cheating. Sampling.

November 15, 2011

Ivy has become an incredible cheat.  She is now marking cards (or mauling – see above) in Candyland such that she knows which cards are the good ones.  I have also caught her arranging the cards in a stack prior to us starting, looking around at the number of players, and then telling us the [...]

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Choosing

November 7, 2011

I graduated a few weeks back from advocacy training and was sworn in.  The final stage is to select a child to work with, something I had been dreading.  How do you choose a child from among so many desperate children? I went on Friday to read case files of children who are currently in [...]

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