I started my day by getting yelled at by my Friendly Neighborhood Pharmacist. In my desperate attempt to find someone who would tell me Ambien was OK to take while pregnant, I was calling everyone I could think of. After three nights in a row of four hours of sleep, I realized I was going to [...]
Archive for November, 2009
How my quest for sleep turned me into George Costanza
Posted in Mommahood, Sleep, what's that?, tagged Ambien, george costanza, seinfeld, soup nazi on November 22, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Good-bye Ambien & Kitty Litter, Hello Freak Out
Posted in Mommahood, tagged Ambien, finding out your are pregnant, kitty litter, pregnancy test, tampons on November 18, 2009 | 22 Comments »
So you know how when you are expecting to get your period any day, you start making preparations. You put a tampon in your purse. You wear that pair of old, torn underwear you’ve had since college that you keep for specials occasions like this. You make sure you put your mat in the back [...]
Setting a bad example in the classroom
Posted in Mommahood, tagged kindergarten, school, teachers yelling on November 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
You try to be a good mom. You try to practice patience and understanding. You buy your kids presents, give them candy, let them talk you into buying them a treat every time you go to the store. You kiss them and hug them and love them when they are sick. You put up with [...]
Prince Charming is really gay
Posted in Peaks & Valleys, tagged ariel, belle, cinderella, disney on ice, disney princes, disney princesses, sleeping beauty, snow white on November 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Yesterday my mother-n-law took me and Kaya to Disney Princesses on Ice. Three generations of women attending GirlFest 2009 – and loving it. As far as the eye could see, there were little girls dressed in princess costumes – Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Snow White. Kaya, whose Cinderella dress is a little big on her, [...]
Why I yell at Tupperware, and other tales of frustration
Posted in Peaks & Valleys, tagged can't find things in purse, space between front seat and console, Tupperware on November 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There are certain things in life I don’t understand. I’m not talking about how television works or how rockets can fly to the moon or why men get intense pleasure out of watching football. I’m talking about more mundane, every-day-life stuff that sometimes just plain stumps me. And frustrates the shit out of me. Like for instance, [...]
Pink Gorillas and Beer
Posted in Peaks & Valleys, tagged beer and men, Bud, drinking on November 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Sometimes, you just got to wonder why God made beer. Or, rather, why the Oh Wise One would give men such an affinity for Bud. Because the results really make you go “hmmmm.” The day after Halloween, Siig got up early in the morning to make a 9 am tee time with the Pink Gorilla, a.k.a. our friend [...]
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