Baby. It’s cold outside.

Temperatures in England have fallen to sub-zero temperatures. I believe it has been down to -14c overnight here in Southern England. It has been a virtual winter wonderland. Yesterday the kids were able to walk on Petersfield Lake. Braver souls than us ventured out as far as the middle of the lake, playing hockey and [...]

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Thanksgiving realization

I started to comment on a blog post of a friend, and found it was turning into a novella and perhaps it would be better if I made it a post on my site, instead of burdening her with it.
Thursday marked my fourth consecutive Thanksgiving away from home. Every year I think it’s fine, no [...]

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uncertainty and fear

So for the last month or so I have been making the decision to quit my FT job, get a PT job and stay home during the day with the baby and to study.This has been an excruciatingly difficult decision to make.
Today was the day to hand in my 6 week notice and I had [...]

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Happy *evil* Halloween!

“So, kids- will your cousins J and A be coming to your Halloween party?”
“Oh. Well, no.”
“Oh, why not?”  They only live around the corner, and it’s not like Halloween is so huge over here that they’re likely to have made other plans
“Weeeeeell…. their mom said it’s too evil”
“What? Your joking…hahahahaha”
“No, really,  mom”
“….”
How did I miss [...]

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vicious cycle…

“Hon- what is that sound coming from the living room? Is that some sort of…chanting?”
“Well… it’s actually the children speaking the Spongebob Squarepants Halloween DVD dialogue. Verbatim. While watching it.”
“Ah. Hmm. Right. Were going to throw that in the box with the other Halloween stuff and hide it in the garage as soon as Halloween [...]

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the hypocrisy.

smart daughter-”Mommy-I’m..well, I’m not mad at Ebony, but she said she’s not going to go to University!”
me- “Well, that’s ok- not everyone has to go to uni-uh-versity. *pause of realization* Except for you. You have to go to University. And you. ” (points to oldest son)
My daughter did not pick up on this blatant hypocrisy, [...]

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a sad day.

I hate this day.
I’m not from New York, I didn’t know anyone killed on September 11th. But, nonetheless, I hate this day.  I cry during 9/11 documentaries, and usually end up switching them off.  And that Adam Sandler/Don Cheadle movie? I got very angry at that. And then I got very sad and I had [...]

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shh. what’s that sound? siiiiilence

The kids have gone to the park with daddy. The house is completely silent. What shall I do? Read a book? Watch tv? Chores? Pack? Take a nap? Bake some brownies? Ahh. So many choices.
Oh. Wait.
No. None of that. I’ll take a shower, slap on some semi-decent clothes that hopefully aren’t covered in [...]

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waiting and packing

I’m an awful packer. I take forever. Especially with work and the kids. This time around I’ve been very good about having a spreadsheet and keeping track of what’s in the boxes and numbering them. But, I’m still very slow. The books (100+) aren’t too bad,they’re fairly easy to stack in a box. But when [...]

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lay down and die quietly? No fucking way.

I finally logged onto the Open University student website last night and I found out that my course prep and study guides, etc were posted on the 18th July! Which means I should get them this week. I was really excited about it, just because I’m so eager to get started. But when I start [...]

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