Sleep deprivation is a bitch.
But when I’ve had a bad night, or two, or twenty I only have to look at one of the many mothers (and oh, there are so many right now, it must have been rutting season last May in this part of the country) at the school-gate carrying a newborn baby [...]
Entries from February 22nd, 2010
Tired dork
February 22nd, 2010 · 10 Comments · Daily Life, Sleep
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Remission
February 19th, 2010 · 18 Comments · FSGS and Nephrotic Syndrome
We got lab results back today and my boy is officially in (medicated) remission!
(If it seems like you have read this before, the last one didn’t last.)
His blood results are looking fab. His albumin is still a bit low (although higher than it has ever been) and his cholesterol is still too high so he [...]
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On being more patient
February 17th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Me, Parenting
Luckily, Lent – and therefore my efforts to give up being impatient – begins on Ash Wednesday because yesterday was Trying. That is the most patient word I can think of to describe it.
First, number three son - already a tricky boy and already the difficult age of four – was poorly with ongoing nausea. [...]
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What to give up for Lent
February 16th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Parenting
After much deliberation, I have decided: I am giving up impatience for Lent. NO LAUGHING AT THE BACK.
(I’ll let you know how I get on!)
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Blog confessions
February 4th, 2010 · 16 Comments · Daily Life, memes
Adrenalynn recently posted some confessions and I was inspired to do the same because I like to share. So here are my top five confessions:
Confession Number 1
I tell my children I cannot come out and play with them in the garden because I am busy doing chores. In reality I am on Facebook, and I [...]
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Counseling
February 1st, 2010 · 10 Comments · All Gone Wrong
On Friday we went for family counselling.
I could stop there and leave that loaded sentence to show how crappy things have really become round here. But there’s a reason I blog anonymously and it’s so I can share with you the, err, let’s call it grittier shall we, side of life. Basically, I’m everything you’re [...]
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