faulty vision
From the monthly archives: January 2009
Outcome: survived.
Verdict: unsure.
Parent: guilt-ridden.
Child: skeptical.
Recommended treatment: go back tomorrow and reserve judgment for now.
I mentioned before that the facility was great, and it was, and is. What was a little unexpected on walking in the door this morning was being hit by a tsunami of screams. There were [...]
Tomorrow is Hobbes’s very first day of daycare.
Cue the working mom guilt.
It’s not a huge comfort to know that the daycare is a good one with top-notch facilities and a wonderful staff. Nor is the fact that the babies there looked like they were very well cared for and, in fact, ridiculously happy [...]
At 5:30 pm or thereabouts, I shredded leftover chicken onto a salad, dropped some frozen jalapeno and cheddar sausages from Dittmer’s into a bowl under running water, popped Hobbes into the Baby Bjorn and wrapped us both around with the Guy’s big coat, and headed out for a walk.
“Because,” I told him, because [...]
I really need to stop learning my parenting skills from the internet.
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As far as a first day of the year goes, this one has been mildly productive. We have groceries, which is already a vast improvement from the state of our kitchen when we got home. The fact that the refrigerator is currently [...]
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