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Mental Health

It is ridiculous that I have become one of those frazzled women who can’t seem to find the time to groom herself properly.  No, it’s not so bad that I smell or anything.  But I’m constantly putting on my makeup while the baby is screaming.  Or taking a bath with her out of desperation.  Or [...]

The Verge of Total Meltdown

DD is sick today.  She says she is sick every day.  So I took her temperature, found it normal and put her in the car.  Very close to the school and work she began projectile vomiting. omg. I spent the day cleaning her, the car, the carseat, and everything that was in the back seat [...]

Christina Applegate Breast Cancer Decision

I can understand this decision completely. And attitude can be everything. ABC News: EXCLUSIVE: Applegate Underwent Breast Removal to Stop Cancer “I didn’t want to go back to the doctors every four months for testing and squishing and everything. I just wanted to kind of get rid of this whole thing for me. This was [...]

Grandmaman Loses Her Hair

Grandmaman called to tell me that her hair is falling out. All of it. Oh the joy of chemotherapy. I asked her is she upset. She said of course she is upset. She has always been proud of her hair! I said, well, I didn’t know if she would be upset. When my mother’s hair [...]

The Veggies Are Not Holding Me

This is the second night in a row that I have felt compelled to eat something around 9 in the evening. Is this some sort of physiological rebellion? We had the okra rice for dinner. It was good. But we all decided that we prefer okra fried, to avoid the slime. C’est la vie. We [...]