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Ha, you thought this was going to be another BlogHer post, didn’t you? Well it’s not! Sort of. Mostly.
We’ve started my son on solids, and it’s actually going pretty well. And that works well for our trip this week, as he’ll be in day care Friday and Saturday. So solids? Will be most helpful while […]

Read the rest of Just not ready for this

I’m rarely at a loss for words. I can - and regularly do - talk your ear off. It may not be anything terribly deep or life-changing, but I can chat with the best of them. I consider my blog a place to chat with ‘teh intarwebs’ and find some common ground with other people.
And […]

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I haven’t been able to get enough sleep over the past week, even with mid-day naps snuggling my sweet boy. Maybe it’s restlessness. Maybe it’s life changes.
Or maybe it’s teething. The boy broke one tooth last week and a second tooth on Monday. He’s really not too grouchy, considering. Just not napping much, running a […]

Read the rest of trying not to let the tired take over

I don’t have a lot of time to post this week, due to connection issues (as in, I only have a sloooooooow one). But just to update on things, the trip out wasn’t horrible. The people in security were fairly helpful, telling me what I needed to do.
United didn’t allow me to pre-board, which sucked […]

Read the rest of it’s not so bad

The kid and I spent most of the afternoon under the a/c. It was a tremendous help.
I’m trying hard to relax about all the things going on - work and money. But I’m still stressing about what we’re going to do. We’re trying to work things out. The kid still needs his shots and we […]

Read the rest of just chillin’

I’ve been thinking a lot about being a mom. Things at work have had me reconsidering my role as a wife, mother, and employee. But that’s really another post for later. It’s the mother thing I want to talk about.
You see, I’ve been a “second” mom for ten years. My stepdaughter already has a mom, […]

Read the rest of happy mother’s day

I’m still struggling with the guilt over going back to work full-time. You see, my son has never spent time with anyone other than one of us. Never. He’s been around other people, but one of us has always been there. How am I going to just drop him off with someone at daycare? It […]

Read the rest of getting over the guilt

The honeymoon is almost over. I have to go back to work full-time in about a month. I wasn’t planning this. I wanted to stay part-time so I could be home with my boy. But with budget cuts, there are no funds to find me a part-time position. And the job I have is full-time. […]

Read the rest of heart of devastation

Before the Wee One, my best friend used to tell me how much being a mom changes you. I only half believed her because I was already a mom. Sort of. That’s not to say step-moms are not moms. They are. It’s just different.
But then I had my own kid and my heart opened even […]

Read the rest of In the motherhood

I’m trying to get out of the house every day, or at least every other day. That probably doesn’t sound that hard to most people. But right now I work from home. And with an almost-5-month-old (!) to care for, it’s not easy for me to leave. Not without great effort.
Laugh at me if […]

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