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Archive for April, 2009

Grace in Small Things

Posted in Uncategorized on 04.30.2009 | Leave a Comment »

1 – A very expensive coffee drink that is more dessert than anything else 2 – Paid for by someone else 3 – At a coffee shop in a bookstore where I browsed but did not buy. 4 – The Mook’s new toy storage in her room, meaning that I can reclaim 5 – My [...]

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Spoon

Posted in more happy pills please on 04.30.2009 | 2 Comments »

As I drift to sleep I have this image of my chest being hollowed out with a spoon. Emptied out with a dull edge. I’ve cut back on the Zoloft. In half. I suspect it had something to do with the need to sleep away most of the day. The thoughts that I don’t know [...]

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Carpet Bagging

Posted in blogging, fuck all on 04.29.2009 | Leave a Comment »

Speaking of carpetbagging… Based on incredible demand from our Mom network, we are putting together our first Parent Tested Parent Approved Mom Panel and we are now accepting applications! PTPA is committed to helping parents find the latest and greatest products and providing the best service for our participating companies and parent members. As a [...]

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Posted in more happy pills please on 04.24.2009 | 4 Comments »

Things are not good. I have no tribe. In my contemplation of going to school, it occurs to be that I have no support system. No person to watch The Mook so I can study. No one to teach me how to study (I’ve not sat in a classroom for 12+ yrs). It goes deeper. [...]

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Still Here

Posted in The Mook, dating, family matters, future plans, more happy pills please, solo parenting, work or lack thereof on 04.21.2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m still here. Alive and well. Ish. Taking my meds so that I don’t go off the deep end. And – looking into school for the fall. Career/Work Counselling. 16-month program. Shit. I couldn’t even keep it together for cooking school. That was 12 years ago and now I’ve got the single parent gig that [...]

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Not Well

Posted in more happy pills please, work or lack thereof on 04.11.2009 | 4 Comments »

I’m not doing well. At all. I’m panicking. Sick to my stomach more often than not. Been teary on and off today. I’m scared. It’s been nearly 3 months of unemployment and I’ve had zero responses to job applications. This week I need to visit the daycare subsidy office and find out my options. Whether [...]

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What I Love. What I Don’t Love.

Posted in The Mook, solo parenting on 04.11.2009 | Leave a Comment »

Thanks to Her Bad Mother for bringing it up. I mean, I knew I was in trouble in that first month, when I proclaimed to my newly formed mums group that I hated hated hated breastfeeding. What I Love About Being a Mother 1 – I love her laugh, especially when it comes from tickling. [...]

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