Dec 17: It’s eleven o’clock and I’m making gifts for the boys’ teachers for tomorrow. I’m making them, and I’m looking at them, and I’m mostly thinking SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT THEM A BOTTLE OF WINE.
Dec 18: has mistaken ‘Christmas party’ at preschool to mean lunch not needed and sent her preschooler without. Bad mother. Sent [...]
Entries from December 24th, 2009
Christmas traditions in status updates
December 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Daily Life
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Snoutbreak
December 17th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Daily Life
Week three (last week) saw my eldest son Harry fall ill with swine flu, approximately five minutes before I was due to take William to his pretty crucial and long-awaited nephrologist appointment with the baby in tow while Matthew was going to take the other two children to school and then go on to work. [...]
Star Wars on Facebook
December 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Daily Life
I endure a lot of Star Wars, and Star Wars induced violence, in this house what with five boys and everything (if ever I wished for a girl it would be to have some solidarity against Star Wars and all things like it) but this made me laugh:
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Writing efforts that might also be described as limp and intermittently fretful
December 4th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Daily Life
A second week with swine flu while the baby lay comatose on my chest; limp and intermittently fretful. On Tuesday I got up maybe three times to pee but otherwise I was stuck night and day holding my very poorly little fella. Matthew thankfully worked from home that day and did the school runs and [...]
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